Piney River Girl chords by Bill Staines

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: Eb

Verse 1:
  D                                                           A
I heard the sound of a redbird sing and the call of a whippoorwill
       G                   D                  Em                      G A
As the sun pulled over the eastern ridges and warmed the morning hills
  D                                                         A
I heard the sound of an old blue hound as it wakened to the day
   G                    D                    Em                 G A
He shook off all of his hound-dog dreams and wandered on his way

Chorus:
A              D                  Em         A     D
Thinkin' 'bout old Virginia and a Blue Ridge memory
     G                  D                Bm          A         D
That fills my mind with another time and brings her back to me
A              D                  Em         A     D
Thinkin' 'bout old Virginia and a Blue Ridge memory
     G                  D                G          A       D
That fills my mind with another time and brings her back to me

Verse 2:
    D                                                               A
She loved the sound of the banjo's ring and she loved the bluegrass tunes
         G           D             Em                       G A
And as I recall, she knew them all beneath the mountain moon
    D                                                       A
She loved the soft and the easy wind as it whispered in the hills
    G                         D                  Em                  G A
And I'd like to think that if I were there she'd maybe love me still

Chorus:
A              D                  Em         A      D
Thinkin' 'bout old Virginia and a Blue Ridge memory
     G                  D                Bm         A       D
That fills my mind with another time and brings her back to me
A              D                  Em         A      D
Thinkin' 'bout old Virginia and a Blue Ridge memory
     G                  D                G          A       D
That fills my mind with another time and brings her back to me

Verse 3:
    D                                                           A
The times they come and the times they go. Ya win, sometimes ya lose
      G                     D                  Em                    G A
But I love this livin' with every breath and I love to sing the blues
D                                                A
When i hear the redbird sing my heart jumps in a whirl.
   G                 D                        Em              G A
It reminds me of the time once spent with the Piney River Girl

Chorus:
A              D                  Em         A      D
Thinkin' 'bout old Virginia and a Blue Ridge memory
     G                  D                Bm         A       D
That fills my mind with another time and brings her back to me
A              D                  Em         A      D
Thinkin' 'bout old Virginia and a Blue Ridge memory
     G                  D                G          A       D
That fills my mind with another time and brings her back to me