Chords with lyrics
Intro
Verses 1, 2 and 3
G+G C majorC
The moon has come out tonight
G+G C majorC
Round as a crying eye
G+G C majorC
Round as a ringle of smoke
E minorEm D MajorD
From your smoke signal sky
G+G C majorC
I am the oak and the maple
G+G C majorC
I have covered my roots
G+G C majorC
You are the dancing Virginia
E minorEm D MajorD
In black leather boots
G+G C majorC
Come as a silver morning
G+G C majorC
Come as the dragonfly
G+G C majorC
Come as my sleeping sister
E minorEm D MajorD
Through the midnight sky
Chorus
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me with your fire's ashes
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me with your midnight veil
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me with your smoky river
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me, dancing Virginia
Verses 4 and 5
G+G C majorC
There's a pain in my side
G+G C majorC
And it's killing me
G+G C majorC
There's a field of crows
E minorEm D MajorD
Now a black sea
G+G C majorC
And I have called upon the hills
G+G C majorC
And I have called upon the soil
G+G C majorC
And they have screamed in my ear
E minorEm D MajorD
Where's your heart boy
Chorus
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me with your fire's ashes
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me with your midnight veil
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me with your smoky river
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me, dancing Virginia
Instrumental
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Ooooooh (x a bunch)
Verses 6 and 7
G+G C majorC
Your moon has come out tonight
G+G C majorC
Round as a crying eye
G+G C majorC
Round as a ringlet of smoke
E minorEm D MajorD
From your smoke signal sky
G+G C majorC
Come as a silver morning
G+G C majorC
Come as the dragonfly
G+G C majorC
Come as my sleeping sister
E minorEm D MajorD
Through the midnight sky
Chorus
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me with your fire's ashes
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me with your midnight veil
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me with your smoky river
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me, dancing Virginia
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me with your revelation
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me with your sorrow's tale
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me with your holy water
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Cover me, dancing Virginia
Bridge
D MajorD G+G
The gray elephant folds of adventure
D MajorD G+G
The blue oasis of meditation
D MajorD G+G
The feathered touch of a sleepy afternoon
D MajorD G+G
Beneath the tent of a palmetto haven
D MajorD G+G
And I'm rising upwards from my feet
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
As children run side by side with their elation
Outro
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Oooooh (x a bunch)