Biography:
Danny Schmidt (born 7 October 1970) is an American singer-songwriter based in Austin, Texas, where he was born and raised. He now lives there with fellow musician and singer-songwriter Carrie Elkin. In 2007 he won the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk award.
Schmidt started playing guitar at the age of 12. At age 20, he discovered he liked the blues after tracking the music of Jimi Hendrix back through Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt, and Lightning Hopkins all the way to old country gospel and spirituals.
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[Intro] C# G#
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Swing me down Ol’ Carolina
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Swing me back Virginia
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Swing the girl who takes you home
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Then swing the girl that brings ya
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Hey hey hey, hey hey hey.
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Hey hey hey.
G# F# C#
I wake up every morning, and I sleep most every night
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And I drive but still the highway just keeps bending out of sight
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And I ride until the sunset bows its head down to the light
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Then I bow down to my partner too and we promenade all night
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Swing me down to Ol’ Wyoming
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Swing me back Dakota
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Swing the girl who cleans you up
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Then swing the girl that broke ya
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Hey hey hey, hey hey hey.
Bbm F#
Hey hey hey.
G# F# C#
There’s one that likes to Lindy, and there’s one that likes to sway
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And there’s one that likes to lead, and then there’s one that likes to stray
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And you’re crazy if you leave, but just as crazy if you stay
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Cause there’s something about the way that caller’s calling it today
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Swing me down Ol’ Arkansas
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Swing me back-lahoma
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Swing the girl who rents your heart
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Then swing the girl that owns you
F# G#
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey
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Hey hey hey.
G# F# C#
So burn me down a dance floor, and blur me down a line
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And turn me down the chance before I chance to make you mine
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Cause it’s the holler of the heart that leads the making of the mind
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It’s not that I don’t love you, I’m in love with your whole kind
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Swing me up down Ol’ Colorado
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Swing me back Nebraska
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Swing the girl who tells you what
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Then swing the girl that asks ya
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Hey hey hey, hey hey hey.
Bbm F#
Hey hey hey.
G# F# C#
I can’t promise it’s a blessing, but I swear it’s not a curse
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To love to love so much it must just make a heart to burst
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Like a dandelion sneeze, or like a cloud that’s raining thirst
C# F# C#
There’s a love that swings around us spreading seeds upon the earth
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Swing me down Ol’ Illinois
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Swing me back Missouri
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Swing the girl who boils your blood
G# Bbm
Then swing the girl that stirs ya
F# G#
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey.
Bbm F#
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey.
G#
Hey hey hey.
C#
Swing me down Ol’ Carolina
C#
Swing me back Virginia
F# C#
Swing the girl who takes you home
G# Bbm
Then swing the girl that brings ya
F# G#
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey.
Bbm F#
Hey hey hey.
G# F# C#
I wake up every morning, and I sleep most every night
G# F# C#
And I drive but still the highway just keeps bending out of sight
C#
And I ride until the sunset bows its head down to the light
C# F# C#
Then I bow down to my partner too and we promenade all night
C#
Swing me down to Ol’ Wyoming
C#
Swing me back Dakota
C#
Swing the girl who cleans you up
G# Bbm
Then swing the girl that broke ya
F# G#
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey.
Bbm F#
Hey hey hey.
G# F# C#
There’s one that likes to Lindy, and there’s one that likes to sway
G# F# C#
And there’s one that likes to lead, and then there’s one that likes to stray
C# F# C#
And you’re crazy if you leave, but just as crazy if you stay
C# F# C#
Cause there’s something about the way that caller’s calling it today
C# Bbm
Swing me down Ol’ Arkansas
C#
Swing me back-lahoma
C#
Swing the girl who rents your heart
G# Bbm
Then swing the girl that owns you
F# G#
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey
Bbm F#
Hey hey hey.
G# F# C#
So burn me down a dance floor, and blur me down a line
G# F# C#
And turn me down the chance before I chance to make you mine
C#
Cause it’s the holler of the heart that leads the making of the mind
C# F# C#
It’s not that I don’t love you, I’m in love with your whole kind
C#
Swing me up down Ol’ Colorado
C#
Swing me back Nebraska
C#
Swing the girl who tells you what
G# Bbm
Then swing the girl that asks ya
F# G#
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey.
Bbm F#
Hey hey hey.
G# F# C#
I can’t promise it’s a blessing, but I swear it’s not a curse
G# F# C#
To love to love so much it must just make a heart to burst
C# F# C#
Like a dandelion sneeze, or like a cloud that’s raining thirst
C# F# C#
There’s a love that swings around us spreading seeds upon the earth
C#
Swing me down Ol’ Illinois
C#
Swing me back Missouri
C#
Swing the girl who boils your blood
G# Bbm
Then swing the girl that stirs ya
F# G#
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey.
Bbm F#
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey.
G#
Hey hey hey.
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