Chords for Bill Staines - Savannah

_ _ Kind of a southern song, Savannah. _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] Savannah, [D] sing a song for [Eb] me,
For late June [E] is a libel trip.
[Bb] In my heart you will always be a sunny southern [F]
girl.
_ [Bb] _ Watch your [Dm] ribs slip away,
Don't follow me it [E] seems to say.
_ [Bb]
Like Mercer's moon on a magic day,
Be off [A] to see the world.
_ _ _ _ I can hear you [D] snogging the people [Dm] bells,
[Eb] Bring out the tunes [E] that I know so [Bb] well.
Hear the voices rise, the praises swell,
Hear the neon [F] Jesus say.
_ [Bb] _ Beneath your [D] blue and endless skies,
[Eb] The seabirds call, [E] the time slips by.
[Bb] The shrimp boats on the morning tide,
Roll out across the moor.
_ _ _ I [Eb] was told that [Bb] sometime way back when,
[Cm] Your beauty [Bb] bold and your pride [Eb] unbend.
The [Bb] prison tour, the president,
[Cm] All the war [F] around you swerve.
[Eb] Savannah, sing [Bb] a song for me,
[Cm] For late June [Bb] is a libel trip.
[Eb] For [Bb] now but you'll always [F] be a sunny [Bb] southern girl.
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ [Bb] _ Along a quaint [Dm] and quiet street,
[Eb] Needs a silver moth for the lover's [E] mate.
_ [Bb] Down flowered mounds by the jasmine street,
Step out across the [F] square.
_ _ _ Magnolia [Dm] shade, the old cafe,
[Eb] From the burning sun [E] to the height of day.
[Bb] I've been gone so long, now I'm on my own.
_ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] I was told that sometime [Bb] way back when,
[Cm] Your beauty [Bb] bold and your pride unbend.
[Eb] _
The [Bb] prison tour, the president,
[Cm] All the war [F]
around you swerve.
_ [Eb] Savannah, sing a [Bb] song for [Cm] me,
For late [Bb] June is a libel [Eb] trip.
For [Bb] now but you'll always [F] be a sunny southern [Gm] _ girl.
[Eb] _ For now [Bb] but you'll always be [F] a sunny [Bb] southern girl.
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