← Back to library

When It's Sleepy Time Down South

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners16 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G6Diagram coming soon
GmDiagram coming soon
Gm7Diagram coming soon
D××○
E7○○○○
Bb9Diagram coming soon
Em7○○○○○
G○○○
BDiagram coming soon
A7×○○○
F#Diagram coming soon
BbmDiagram coming soon
C#7Diagram coming soon
D9Diagram coming soon
D6Diagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

Text size
 
              
G7M       G6              Gm       Gm7 
Pale moon shining on the fields below 
D         DM7             E7      Bm9  Bb9 
Folks are crooning songs soft and low 
Em7     G/B             A4/7 A7/13-   A7 G 
Needn't tell me so, beause   I   know  
             Gm         D 
It's sleepy time down south 
G7M          G6              Gm       Gm7 
Softs winds blowing thru the pinewood trees 
D         D7M           E7      Bm9   Bb9 
Folks down there live a life of ease; 
          Em7     G/B       A4/7  A7/13-   A7   G 
When the twilight brings the evening breeze 
             Gm         D 
It's sleepy time down south 
F#                Bbm      B          C#7                      C#7                 F3 
Steamboats on the river, a-comin' and a-goin', splashing the night away 
F#                Bbm           B             C#7                           B                  C#7    A7 
Hear those banjos ringing, the folks are alla-singin' they dance till break of day 
G7M         G6               Gm      Gm7 
Dear old Southland, with its dreamy songs 
D         D7M            E7    Bm9   Bb9 
Takes me back there where I belong 
Em7     G/B       A4/7 A7/13-   A7 G 
How I'd love to be mother's arms 
                  Gm         D 
When it's sleepy time down south 
F#                Bbm      B          C#7                       C#7                 F3 
Steamboats on the river, a-comin' and a-goin', splashing the night away 
F#                Bbm           B             C#7                           B                  C#7    A7 
Hear those banjos ringing, the folks are alla-singin'  they dance till break of day 
 G   G7M   G6                Gm9     Gm7 
Dear old Southland, with its dreamy songs 
D     D9  D7M   D6  E7   Bm9   Bb9 
Takes me back where I belong 
Em7     G/B       A4/7 A7/13-   A7  G 
How I'd love to be mother's arms 
            G     Gm         D    Bm7 
When it's sleepy time down south 
           Em7   G/B A4/7    A7/13-  D6 
When it's sleepy      time  down south

Details

Rating

Not rated yet

Chord set

G6 · Gm · Gm7 · D · E7 · Bb9 · Em7 · G · B · A7 · F# · Bbm · C#7 · D9 · D6 · Bm7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.