key of A
Intro notes for Mandolin: A, Ab, Gb, E, Gb, E, Ab, A, A, Ab, Gb,
Gb, Ab, A, B, A, AbA
Intro with guitar: one strum each of first four chords}
A, B, D, E then open up full strum-- A, B, D, E, A, E
AB
When I was a child down in South Caroline
DEAE
Soon's the Saturday sun went on down
AB
My folks and sister would go and leave me home all alone
DEA
Going to that big square dance in town
F#mC#m
Well my old radio would play that old opry show
BmEA
So I never got lonesome or blue
F#mC#m
I'd fall asleep in my chair and dream that I was right there
BmBE
Just singing the whole night through
A
When my folks would come home
B
They'd be humming a song
DEF#m
Mama'd smile and say, "Child, don't you know,
D
there ain't a thing in this world to make you
AF#mBEAE
fall in love girl, like the San Antonio Stroll"
Same as intro, except twice|--- A, B, D, E, A, E
AB
Well the day finally come when my mama said, hun
DEAE
It's 'bout time you came with us as well
AB
Well I had me a time, yes I danced all the night
DEA
Til they rang that ol' crack-midnight bell
F#m
Then the lights went down low
C#m
The fiddler picked up his bow
BmEA
And he played something steady and slow
F#mC#m
And my sister Irene and her husband to be
BmBE
They held hands and began to stroll
AE
I've been away for a while, but it still brings a smile
DEF#m
When I think of the way that it goes
DAF#m
Now I'll sing it to you just so we both can do
BEAE
That old San Antonio Stroll
(instrumental--exactly like intro, except twice. Also, for the
mandolin, instead of ending on the note A, end on F#)
(chords for instrumental are: A, B, D, E, A, E, A, B, D, E, F#m)
DAF#m
Yes I'll sing it to you just so we all can do
BEA
That old San Antonio Stroll
Outro: Same as intro. Chords: A, B, D, E, A