Key: G
Introduction: G7
C E F F#º
There's where the cotton and corn and taters grow.
G/C D G
That's where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time.
C E F F#º
That's where this heart of mine, longs to go.
G/C A D G C
Carry me back to old Virginny,
C E F F#º
There let me live till I wither and decay.
G/C D G
Long by the old Dismal Swamp have I wandered,
C E F F#º
That's where this life of mine will pass away.
G/C A D G C
Mother and father have gone before me,
C E F F#º
Soon we will meet on that bright and golden shore.
G/C D G
There we'll be happy and free from all sorrow,
C E F F#º
And there we'll meet, and part no more.
G/C A D G C
* * *Now I know the meaning of the phrase "Virginia is for lovers." I've fallen head
over heels for the state. * * *