Key:
Introduction:
C Am
My name is Richard Henry Lee
F G
Virginia is my home
C Am
My name is Richard Henry Lee
F G
Virginia is my home
G C Am
And may my horses turn to glue
Am F G
If I can't deliver up to you
G F G C
The resol-ution on independen-cy
C
For I am FFV
C Am
The first family
Am G
In the sovereign colony
G C
Of Virginia
C
Yes, the FFV
C Am
The oldest family
Am G
In the oldest colony
G C
In America
G C Am
And may the British burn my land
Am F G
If I can't deliver to your hand
G C G C
The resol-ution on independen-cy
G C Am
You see, it's here a Lee, there a Lee
F G
And everywhere a Lee, a Lee
C
Social Lee!
Am
Political Lee!
F
Financial Lee!
G
Natural Lee!
C
Internal Lee!
Am
External Lee!
F
Fraternal Lee!
G
Eternal Lee!
C
The FFV
C Am
The first family
Am G
In the sovereign colony
G C
Of Virginia
G C Am
And may my wife refuse my bed
Am F G
If I can't deliver, as I said
G C G C
The resol-ution on independen-cy
C Am
They say that God in heaven
F G
Is everybody's God
C Am
I'll admit that God in heaven
F G
Is everybody's God
G C Am
But I tell you John, with pride
Am F G
God leans a little on the side
G F G C
Of the Lees, the Lees of old Virginia
G C Am
You see, it's here a Lee, there a Lee
F G
And everywhere a Lee, a Lee
C Am
Here a Lee, there a Lee
F G
And everywhere a Lee, a Lee
G
Look out there's:
C
Arthur Lee!
Am
Bobby Lee!
F G
And General Lighthorse Harry Lee!
C
Willy Lee!
Am
Jesse Lee!
F
And Richard H.?
G
That's me!
G C Am
And may my blood stop running blue
Am F G
If I can't deliver up to you
G F G C
The resol-ution on independen-cy
F G
Yes, sir, by God it's
C Am
Here a Lee, there a Lee
F G
Come on, boys, join in with me!
C Am
Here a Lee, there a Lee
Ben Franklin:
F
(When do you leave?)
Richard Henry Lee:
G
(Immediate-Lee!)
C Am
Here a Lee, there a Lee
Benjamin Franklin:
F
(When do you return?)
Richard Henry Lee:
G
(Short-Lee!)
C Am
Here a Lee, there a Lee
F G
And I'll come back triumphant-Lee!
C Am
Here a Lee, there a Lee
F G
Everywhere a Lee, a Lee
C G F C
Forward, ho!