Fm          Bbm            Fm   Gm7  C7
                    I'VE BEEN A-WAY FROM YOU A LONG TIME
                      Fm        G7          Bbm7     Fm
                      I  NEV-ER THOUGHT I'D MISS YOU SO
                     Bb         Fm    Bb           Fm   C7
                     SOME-HOW I FEEL, YOUR LOVE IS REAL,
                           Fm                 C   C7
                           NEAR YOU I LONG TO BE,
                  Fm            Bbm             Fm   Gm7  C7
                  THE BIRDS ARE SING-ING, IT IS SONG-TIME,
                    Fm          G7         Bbm7     Fm
                    THE BAN-JOS STRUM-MIN' SOFT AND LOW,
                     Bb          Fm  Bb           Fm  C7
                     I KNOW THAT YOU YEARN FOR ME TOO;
                        Fm      C7               Fm Fm7 G7 Dbm6
                        SWAN-EE YOUR'RE CALL-ING ME.

                   F        F+
                   SWAN-NEE HOW I LOVE YOU, HOW I LOVE YOU,
                            Bb Gm7  C9  F        Gm7 F
                            MY DEAR OLD SWAN-EE;
               C   F    C7  F     Db7 C9  Gm D7   Db7 C7
               I'D GIVE THE WORLD TO  BE, A -MONG THE FOLKS IN
               F       C9 Am  E   C7 F        F+
               D-I-X-I-E -VEN NOW MY MAM-MY'S WAIT-ING FOR ME,
                   F+              Bb   Gm7 C9  F       Gm7 F
                   PRAY-ING FOR ME DOWN BY  THE SWAN-EE,
                  C   F     C7 F     F+   Bb     F+ Gm
                  THE FOLKS UP NORTH WILL SEE ME NO MORE
                     F#°  C7 Dm C  Bb  Am   C7 F
                     WHEN I  GO TO THE SWAN-EE SHORE.

              C7       F        C7                    Bb   F
              SWAN-EE, SWAN-EE, I  AM COM-ING BACK TO SWAN-EE
               C7      F       F F7       G9  C7       F
               MAM-MY, MAM-MY, I LOVE THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME.