Carry Me Back To Old Virginny chords by Ray Charles

Chords with lyrics

Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
James A. Bland, arr. Ray Charles

Intro: G7G7

Carry me back  to old Virginny.
C majorC    E MajorE  FF     F#o
There's where the cotton and corn and taters grow.
G/C        A-     D MajorD       G+G
That's where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time.
C majorC         E MajorE   FF         F#o
That's where this heart of mine, longs to go.
G/C        A augmentedA    D MajorD   G+G    C majorC

Carry me back  to old Virginny,
C majorC    E MajorE  FF     F#o
There let me live till I wither and decay.
G/C     A-      D MajorD      G+G
Long by the old Dismal Swamp have I wandered,
C majorC      E MajorE   FF         F#o
That's where this life of mine will pass away.
G/C   A augmentedA    D MajorD    G+G     C majorC

Mother and father  have gone before me,
C majorC     E MajorE   FF       F#o
Soon we will meet on that bright and golden shore.
G/C     A-      D MajorD        G+G
There we'll be happy  and free from all sorrow,
C majorC       E MajorE   FF          F#o
And there we'll meet, and part no more.
G/C        A augmentedA   D MajorD  G+G C majorC

***Now I know the meaning of the phrase "Virginia is for lovers." I've fallen head
over heels for the state.***