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West Virginia My Home chords by Hazel Dickens

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WEST VIRGINIA MY HOME
by Hazel Dickens
Album: Chord diagramA augmentedA Few Old Memories (1987)

Hazel Dickens (1925-2011) was considered a pioneer among women in bluegrass music.
She was a feminist and a pro-union singer, famous for her political positions as much as her songs.
If you have a mandolin, now would be a good time to play it!

Capo on 1st fret
Original in Chord diagramD#D#


CHORUS
         Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G
West Virginia, oh my home
         Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramA augmentedA
West Virginia, where I belong
       Chord diagramD MajorD
In the dead of the night, in the still and the quiet
  Chord diagramG+G
I slip away like a bird in flight
     Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD
Back to those hills, the place that I call home

VERSE 1
           Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramG+G
It's been years now since I left there
         Chord diagramD MajorD                                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
And this city life's about got the best of me
           Chord diagramD MajorD                               Chord diagramG+G
I can't remember why I left so free what I wanted to do, what I wanted to see,
          Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD
But I can sure remember where I come from.

CHORUS
         Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G
West Virginia, oh my home
         Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramA augmentedA
West Virginia, where I belong
       Chord diagramD MajorD
In the dead of the night, in the still and the quiet
  Chord diagramG+G
I slip away like a bird in flight
     Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD
Back to those hills, the place that I call home

MANDOLIN SOLO

VERSE 2
       Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G
Well I paid the price for the leavin'
         Chord diagramD MajorD                                     Chord diagramA augmentedA
And this life I have is not one I thought I'd find
            Chord diagramD MajorD                           Chord diagramG+G
Just let me live, love, let my cry, but when I go just let me die
  Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramA augmentedA                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Among the friends who'll remember me when I'm gone

CHORUS
         Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G
West Virginia, oh my home
         Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramA augmentedA
West Virginia, where I belong
       Chord diagramD MajorD
In the dead of the night, in the still and the quiet
  Chord diagramG+G
I slip away like a bird in flight
     Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD
Back to those hills, the place that I call home

BRIDGE

Chord diagramG+G    ( Chord diagramA augmentedA )   Chord diagramD MajorD                               Chord diagramA augmentedA
Home, home, home I can see it so clear in my mind
Chord diagramG+G    ( Chord diagramA augmentedA )   Chord diagramD MajorD                                       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Home, home, home I can almost smell the honeysuckle vines

ENDING CHORUS (partial)

       Chord diagramD MajorD
In the dead of the night, in the still and the quiet
  Chord diagramG+G
I slip away like a bird in flight
     Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD
Back to those hills, the place that I call home

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