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Georgia On My Mind

Artist Name
Ray Charles
Release
1960

Georgia On My Mind< br/> By Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell

Made famous by Ray Charles in 1960 and Willie Nelson in1976

This is how I play it on the ukulele

Intro:   C - A7 - Dm7 - G7 - C  |  C - Dm7 - G7

C       E7        Am7                F     Fm
Georgia,  Georgia,  the whole day through

         C        A7         Dm7     G7       C  
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind,

Dm7            G7
Georgia on my mind.


C        E7        Am7           F   Fm
Georgia,   Georgia,   a song of you

          C        A7      Dm7      G7       C    F    Fm   C    E7
Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight on the pines.


Bridge:

 Am7   Dm7       Am7    F   Am7   Dm7        Am7   D7
Other arms reach out to me, other eyes smile tenderly;

Am7         F      C       Cdim    Am7        Gdim     Dm7  G7   C
Still in peaceful dreams I see the road leads back to you.


  C      E7         Am7            F      Fm 
Georgia,    Georgia,   no peace I find

          C        A7       Dm7     G7      C    F    Fm    C    E7
Just and old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.


Repeat Bridge:


C        E7         Am7            F     Fm
Georgia,    Georgia,   no peace I find

         C         A7       Dm7     G7      C    E7    A7
Just and old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind,


Coda:

         Dm7        F
Just and old sweet song keeps 

 G       F Fm C G C 
Georgia on my mind.