Sweet South Anna River Chords by Alice Gerrard
Tempo:
116.3 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Db
Bbm
Eb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This photograph that I took, I forget, maybe 1966 at the Newport Folk Festival of Elizabeth Cotton.
I just love this picture of her.
What a beautiful woman.
When I lived in Washington, D.C., she also lived there, and I was doing a lot of interviewing Elizabeth.
And she, we, I'd go over there and she'd fix chicken dumplings and rolls and all these
great foods, and we'd eat supper and we talked a lot.
One of the things that she told me that I've never forgotten was about how she wanted to
leave when she died.
[G] She didn't want to be put in the ground.
[Db] She wanted to be laid on a river, she wanted to float down the river, and she wanted to
[C] have all her [E] friends gather along [Gb]
the river on the bank [N] and wave as she passed by.
And so at some point that, I wove that into this song called The Sweet South Anna River,
which is [Ab]
[N]
one of my favorite.
[Ab] [Db]
[Bbm] [Ab]
[Db] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab]
On the sweet [Eb] South Anna [Ab] River, where [Db] the leafy [Bbm] waters [Eb] flow,
She [Db]
whiled [Bbm] away her [Ab] childhood [Fm] days [Db] in the
[Bbm] sweet long [Eb] ago.
[G] Her [Ab] voice echoes [Eb] down the [Ab] river, from [Db] the distant [Bbm] shores [Ab] of home.
[Eb] [Db]
Remember [Bbm] me, [Ab] I am the [Db] queen, [Bbm] don't you cry [Eb] when [Ab] I'm gone.
I just love this picture of her.
What a beautiful woman.
When I lived in Washington, D.C., she also lived there, and I was doing a lot of interviewing Elizabeth.
And she, we, I'd go over there and she'd fix chicken dumplings and rolls and all these
great foods, and we'd eat supper and we talked a lot.
One of the things that she told me that I've never forgotten was about how she wanted to
leave when she died.
[G] She didn't want to be put in the ground.
[Db] She wanted to be laid on a river, she wanted to float down the river, and she wanted to
[C] have all her [E] friends gather along [Gb]
the river on the bank [N] and wave as she passed by.
And so at some point that, I wove that into this song called The Sweet South Anna River,
which is [Ab]
[N]
one of my favorite.
[Ab] [Db]
[Bbm] [Ab]
[Db] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab]
On the sweet [Eb] South Anna [Ab] River, where [Db] the leafy [Bbm] waters [Eb] flow,
She [Db]
whiled [Bbm] away her [Ab] childhood [Fm] days [Db] in the
[Bbm] sweet long [Eb] ago.
[G] Her [Ab] voice echoes [Eb] down the [Ab] river, from [Db] the distant [Bbm] shores [Ab] of home.
[Eb] [Db]
Remember [Bbm] me, [Ab] I am the [Db] queen, [Bbm] don't you cry [Eb] when [Ab] I'm gone.
Key:
Ab
Db
Bbm
Eb
G
Ab
Db
Bbm
This photograph that I took, _ I forget, maybe 1966 at the Newport Folk Festival of Elizabeth Cotton.
I just love this picture of her.
What a beautiful woman. _ _
When I lived in Washington, D.C., she also lived there, and I was doing a lot of interviewing Elizabeth.
And she, we, I'd go over there and she'd fix chicken dumplings and rolls and _ all these
_ _ great foods, and we'd eat supper and we talked a lot.
One of the things that she told me that I've never forgotten was about how she wanted to
leave when she died.
[G] She didn't want to be put in the ground.
_ [Db] She wanted to be laid on a river, she wanted to float down the river, and she wanted to
[C] have all her [E] friends gather along [Gb]
the river on the bank [N] and wave as she passed by.
And so at some point that, _ I wove that into this song called The Sweet South Anna River,
which is _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
one of my favorite. _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ On the sweet [Eb] South Anna [Ab] River, _ _ where [Db] the leafy [Bbm] waters _ [Eb] flow,
_ She _ [Db] _
whiled [Bbm] away her [Ab] childhood _ [Fm] days [Db] in the _
[Bbm] _ sweet long [Eb] ago.
_ _ [G] Her [Ab] voice echoes _ [Eb] _ down the [Ab] river, _ _ from [Db] the distant _ [Bbm] _ shores [Ab] of home.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Db] _
Remember [Bbm] me, [Ab] I am the [Db] queen, [Bbm] don't you cry _ [Eb] _ when [Ab] I'm gone.
I just love this picture of her.
What a beautiful woman. _ _
When I lived in Washington, D.C., she also lived there, and I was doing a lot of interviewing Elizabeth.
And she, we, I'd go over there and she'd fix chicken dumplings and rolls and _ all these
_ _ great foods, and we'd eat supper and we talked a lot.
One of the things that she told me that I've never forgotten was about how she wanted to
leave when she died.
[G] She didn't want to be put in the ground.
_ [Db] She wanted to be laid on a river, she wanted to float down the river, and she wanted to
[C] have all her [E] friends gather along [Gb]
the river on the bank [N] and wave as she passed by.
And so at some point that, _ I wove that into this song called The Sweet South Anna River,
which is _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
one of my favorite. _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ On the sweet [Eb] South Anna [Ab] River, _ _ where [Db] the leafy [Bbm] waters _ [Eb] flow,
_ She _ [Db] _
whiled [Bbm] away her [Ab] childhood _ [Fm] days [Db] in the _
[Bbm] _ sweet long [Eb] ago.
_ _ [G] Her [Ab] voice echoes _ [Eb] _ down the [Ab] river, _ _ from [Db] the distant _ [Bbm] _ shores [Ab] of home.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Db] _
Remember [Bbm] me, [Ab] I am the [Db] queen, [Bbm] don't you cry _ [Eb] _ when [Ab] I'm gone.
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