Circle Around the Sun
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L027
Credit: Traditional · 1927-1934
Origin: Traditional blues of the 'I Know You Rider' / 'Woman Blue' family (Blind Lemon Jefferson 1927; Lomax 1934).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Know_You_Rider
Original scan on X: https://x.com/IMMHACAL/status/1940944779745153471
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. Tuning DADGBE, key of D. Chords are written only over the first verse in the notation (pages 2-3); the other verses are sung to the same changes.
C+9 G/B D 1) Woke up this morning with the blues all around my head C+9 G+9/B D Woke up this morning with the blues all around my head D C G D Woke up this morning, just wishin' that I was dead 2) I know my baby sure must love me some (repeat) The way you throw your arms around me like a circle around the sun 3) I lay down and I tried to take my rest (repeat) But my mind started rambling like the wild geese in the west 4) The sun's gonna shine in my back door someday (repeat) The wind's gonna rise and blow my blues away