Sure As You're Born (You're In Kentucky)
Music and Lyrics by George A. Little, Haven Gillespie and Larry Shay
Key: G
Copyright 1923

File Created 11/14/2020

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Verse 1:

     G                 Gdim
I've heard a lot 'bout Par-a-dise
    D7                    E7
But Par-a-dise ain't half as nice
A7        D7                G
As my Ken-tuck-y home sweet home
GdimAm7D7


G                        Gdim
You'll sure believe just what I say
   D7              E7
If you should ever stray some day
A7         D7             G    D7G
Down to my old Ken-tuck-y home

   A7               D
It won't be hard to find
       A7        E7      D7  D+
If you keep this on your mind


Chorus 1:

         GM7               F#7
When you see a field where grass is blue
    Am                E7
And ev'ry thing looks good to you
A7            D7                   G
You're in Ken-tucky sure as you're born
A#dimAm7D7


       GM7               F#7
When a million sun-beams light your way, says
Am                E7
"Come on stranger won't you stay"
A7            D7                  G
You're in Kentucky sure as you're born
D7G


         G7
When the shadows creep
You can go to sleep
C
On a carpet of moonbeams

       E7
You candream your dreams
                    A7       D7   D+
'Neath a blanket of gleaming stars

       GM7               F#7
If you wake at dawn 'mid glist-nin' dew
    Am             E7
And find old Dixie kiss-in' you
A7            D7                    G
You're in Ken-tuck-y sure as you're born
D7G


Verse 2:

    G              Gdim
I'd surely love to fall asleep
    D7              E7
Let pretty dreams a-round me creep
A7        D7               G
Of my Ken-tucky Home Sweet Home
GdimAm7D7


    G            Gdim
Just put me on a railroad track
      D7               E7
Won't need no train to take me back
A7        D7              G     D7G
To my Ken-tucky Home Sweet Home

       A7                 D
If you go down there some day
          A7      E7     D7 DdimD7
Please re-mem-ber what I say

Chorus 2:

         GM7               F#7
When you see a field where grass is blue
    Am                E7
And ev'ry thing looks good to you
A7            D7                   G
You're in Ken-tucky sure as you're born
A#dimAm7D7


       GM7               F#7
When a million sun-beams light your way, says
 Am               E7
"Come on stranger won't you stay"
A7             D7                   G
You're in Ken- tucky sure as you're born
D7G


         G7
When the shadows creep
You can go to sleep
C
On a carpet of moonbeams

        E7
You can dream your dreams
                    A7       D7   C#7D7
'Neath a blanket of gleaming stars

       GM7               F#7
If you wake at dawn 'mid glist-nin' dew
    Am                 E7
And hear the songbirds pag-in' you
A7            D7                   G
You're in Ken-tucky sure as you're born
D7G


End with:

GF#FEA7D7GD7G6


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