Down Yonder

Del Wood

Written by L. Wolfe Gilbert

Key of C · Chords: I II IV V ii

Verse 1

C              D7             G7            C
Railroad train railroad train hurry up some more
D7                         G7           C
Put a little steam on just like never before
D7                  G7           C
Hustle on bustle on I've got the blues
D7                     G7
Yearning for my Swanee shore
Dm         D7                                   G7
Brother if you only knew you'd want to hurry up too

Verse 2

C    G7             C             C7
Down yonder someone beckons to me
F    C              F
Down yonder someone reckons on me
C               G7      C     G7
I seem to see a race in memory
C                   G7      C
Between the Natchez and the Robert E Lee
D7
Swanee shore I miss you more and more
      G7
Every day my mammy land you are just simply grand

Verse 3

C    G7              C                  C7
Down yonder when the folks get the news
F     C             F
Don't wonder at the hullabaloos
C                       G7          C
There's daddy and mammy Ephraim and Sammy
D7           G7         C
Waitin' down yonder for me

Verse 2

C    G7             C             C7
Down yonder someone beckons to me
F    C              F
Down yonder someone reckons on me
C               G7      C     G7
I seem to see a race in memory
C                   G7      C
Between the Natchez and the Robert E Lee
D7
Swanee shore I miss you more and more
      G7
Every day my mammy land you are just simply grand

Verse 4

     G7              C                  C7
Down yonder when the folks get the news
F     C             F
Don't wonder at the hullabaloos
C                       G7          C
There's daddy and mammy Ephraim and Sammy
D7           G7     D7           G7
Waitin' down yonder waitin' down yonder
D7           G7         C
Waitin' down yonder for me