Chords for Garcia & Grisman - The Sweet Sunny South

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Take me back to the place where I first saw the light,
The sweet sunny South, [C] take me home.
[G] And the mockingbirds sing me to rest every night,
Oh, why was I tempted to roam?
_ Can't think with regret of the dear home I left,
Of the warm hearts that [C] sheltered me there,
_ [G] Of wife and of dear ones of whom I'm bereft,
For the old [Bm] place again [G] do I sigh.
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_ Take me back to the place where the orange trees grow,
My plot in the [C] evergreen shade,
_ [G] Where the flowers from the river's green margins did grow,
And spread their sweet scent through the glade,
_ Oh, the path to our cottage they say has grown green,
The place is quite lonely [C] around,
_ [G] I know that the smiles and the forms I have seen,
Now lie in the dark mossy ground.
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_ Take me back, let me see what is left that I knew,
Can it be that the old [C] house is gone?
_ [G] Dear friends, of my childhood indeed must be viewed,
And I must face death all alone,
_ But yet I'll return to the place of my birth,
The children I've played [C] round the door,
[G] Where they gathered wild blossoms that grow round the path,
They'll echo our footsteps no more.
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Take me back to the place where my little ones sleep,
For my son lies buried [C] close by,
_ [G] By the graves of my loved ones I long for to weep,
Among them to rest when I die.
_ Take me back to the place where I first saw the light,
The sweet sunny south, [C] take me home,
_ [G] Where the mockingbirds sing me to rest every night,
Oh, why was I tempted to leave?
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