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Southern Nights
Words & Music by Allen ToussaintRecorded by Glen Campbell, 1977 (#1)
Intro: | G - D - E7 - D9 | A - G - A7 - A7sus4 |
D Fdim B7 E7/9
Southern nights have you ever felt a Southern night
GM7 G6 A6/7/9 A7
Free as a breeze not to mention the trees
A7sus4 F#m Bm7 Em7 G/B A7sus4 A7+5
Whistling tunes that you know and love so.
D Fdim B7 E7/9
Southern nights just as good even when closed your eyes
GM7 G6 A6/7/9 A7
I apologize
A7sus4 F#m Bm7 Em7 A7
to any one who can truly say he has found a better way,
D
Hey hey.
D Fdim B7 E7/9
Southern skies -- have you ever noticed Southern skies?
GM7 G6 A6/7/9 A7
It's precious beauty lies just beyond the eye
F#m Bm7 Em7 G/B A7sus4 A7+5
It goes running thru your soul like the stories of old.
D Fdim B7 E7/9
Old man he and his dog they walk the old land
GM7 G6 A6/7/9 A7
Ev'ry flower touches his cold hand
A7sus4 F#m Bm7 Em7 A7 D6
As he slowly walked by, weeping willows cry for joy, joy.
D Fdim B7
Feel so good -- feel so good it's fright'ning
E7/9 Fdim E7/9
Wish I could stop this world from fighting
GM7 G6 A6/7/9 A7
La dah dah dahhh dahhhh dot dah dah dah dahhh dahhh
A7sus4 F#m Bm7 Em7 A7 A7sus4
Dot dah dah dot dahhh dah dot dahhhh
D Fdim B7 E7/9
Mysteries like this and many other in the trees
GM7 G6 A7 A7sus4 D
Blow in the night in the Southern skies
CODA: | G - D - E7 - D9 | A - G - A - A7+5 | D6 |
In all honesty, the intro and Copa that I show here are probably not all that close to what Glen Campbell plays. It will, however, put you close enough to the neighborhood that you may be able to figure it out for yourself. If you do, feel free to let me know.