Way Down Upon the Swanee River

by Stephen Foster

arranged for APG by Les Weller

Dropped D Tuning - DADGBE

     Verse
 1   G                 C
E ------------------------3-----0--3-------|
B ---0-----------0--------------1--1-------|
G ---------2--0-----2--0----(0)------------|
D ---------------2--------2-----------2----|
A ---------------------3--------3----------|
D ---5--4--2-------------------------------|

 2                      (riff)
E ---------------------2-0---0----------|
B ---3--------0------------3---3-1-0----|
G --------(0)----0--2----------------2--|
D ------0--------0-----0---------0------|
A --------------------------------------|
D ---5--------5-----0------0------------|

 3   G                 C
E ------------------------3-----0--3-------|
B ---0-----------0--------------1--1-------|
G ---------2--0-----2--0----(0)------------|
D ---------------2--------2-----------2----|
A ---------------------3--------3----------|
D ---5--4--2-------------------------------|

                    (.......1.......)  ( .........2..........)
 4  G                                                  \s
E ----------------|-----------3------||--------3--3--3--2--0--|
B --3--0----------|------------------||-----------------------|
G --0----0--2--2--|--0-----0--------O||-0---0-----------------|
D ----------0-----|-----0--------0--O||---0----------0--------|
A ----------------|------------------||-----------------------|
D --5--2-------0--|--5--------5------||-5------5--------------|

    D                  G                C7
 5  ar                 ar               ar
E --2----3--5-------|------0-----3----|--3-----0---------0---|
B --3-------------3-|--3-----3--------|--1-----------1-------|
G --2---------(2)---|--0------(0)-(0)-|--0-(0)---(0)---0---0-|
D -----0----------0-|----0-------0----|--------2---------2---|
A ------------------|-----------------|--3-----------3-------|
D --0-------0-------|--5-----5--------|----------------------|

    G       D
 6  ar      ar    p
E --------------------|----------------------3-----0--3-------|
B --3-------3-3-1-0---|-0-----------0--------------1--1-------|
G --0-0---0---------3-|-------2--0-----2--0----(0)------------|
D ------0-------------|-------------2--------2-----------2----|
A --------------------|-------------------3--------3----------|
D --5-------0---------|-5--4--2-------------------------------|

7                               st 
E ------------------|-----------3---||
B ---3--0-----------|-----------0---||
G ---0-----0--2--2--|--0-----0--0---|| END
D ------------0-----|-----0-----0---||
A ------------------|-----------x---||
D ---5--2--------0--|--5--------5---||


          
ar = arpeggio roll  (0) = grace note   ||
p  =  Pull Off     /s = slide up      0|| = Repeat
h  =  Hammer on    \s = Slide down    0||   from 
  st = Strum                           ||   beginning

   
NOTE: This file is the author's own work and represents his
interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for
private study, scholarship, or research.

          
Tab by L. Weller - swanee.txt - 1/19/97
for American Primitive Guitar