The chords and lyrics are below, and the video illustrates some fairly easy fingering for the changes on this lovely Hoagy Carmichael song, made famous by the great Ray Charles. Georgia was written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics). Gorrell wrote the lyrics for Hoagy’s sister, Georgia Carmichael. The lyrics of the song are ambiguous enough to refer either to the state or to a woman named “Georgia”, a fact I only came to realize recently.
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[Intro] C C#dim | Dm7 G (2X)
CM7 | E7 | Am Am7 | D7 Fm
Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through
C Am | Dm G | C C#o | Dm7 G
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind (on my mind)
CM7 | Bdim E7 | Am Am7 | D7 Fm
I said Georgia, Georgia, a song of you
C A7 | Dm G7 | C6 F Fm | C E7
Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines
Am Dm | Am F7 | Am Dm | Am D7
Other arms reach out to me. Other eyes smile tenderly
Am Dm | C B7 | Em7 C#o | Dm7 G7#5
Still in peaceful dreams I see the road leads back to you
CM7 | E7 | Am Am7 | D7 Fm
I said Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find
C Am | Dm G | C | A7 (Dm7 G7)
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind
Dm7 | G7 | C6 F Fm | CM7
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind