Cifras
Carry Me Back To Old Virginny

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. * * *