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(F)South ern nights,
have you ev er felt a (G7)South ern night?
(Bbmaj7)Free as a breeze, not to men tion the trees, eye.
whis tling (Am7)tunes that you know soul and love so.
ries told of old.
(F)South ern nights,
he just as good e ven when (G7)closed your eyes.
I a (Bbmaj7)pol o gize
his cold hand.
to an y (Am7)one who can tru ly say that he has (C7)found a bet ter way.
for joy.
(F)South ern skies,
have you ev er no ticed (G7)South ern skies?
(Bbmaj7)Its pre cious beau ty lies just be yond the eye.
It goes (Am7)run ning through your soul like the sto ries told of old.
(F)Old ern man,
he and his dog that walked the (G7)old your land,
ev ’ry (Bbmaj7)flow er touched
his cold hand.
to As he (Am7)slow ly can walked ly by, that weep ing (C7)wil lows would ter cry for joy.
(F)Feel so good,
feel so good it’s fright ’ning.
(G7)Wish I could
stop this world from fight ing.
(Bbmaj7)La da da da da da la da da da da da (Am7)da da da da da da da da da da da.
(F)Mys ter ies
like this and man y oth ers (G7)in the trees
(Bbmaj7)blow in the night
in the (C7)South ern skies.
This page shows “Southern Nights” by Glen Campbell in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Bb at 100 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.