Intro
Song: Virginia Plain
Composer: Bryan Ferry
Artist: Roxy Music
Album: Roxy Music
Tabbed by DJ
2nd Mar 2015
Soprano ukulele tuning: G-C-E-A
F# = 3121 B = 4322
C# = 1114 or 6544 G# = 5343
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[Intro riff]
F# C#
A |--1--------|---------|--4----------|---------|[x2]
E |--2---2----|--2------|--1----------|---------|
C |--1-----1--|---------|--1-----1----|--1------|
G |--3--------|---------|--1-------1--|---------|
[Verse 1]
F# C#
Make me a deal, and make it straight,
C#
All signed and sealed, I'll take it...
F#
...To Robert E. Lee, I'll show it,
C#
I hope and pray he don't blow it, 'cause...
B
...We've been around a long time,
G#
Just trying to ...trying to, trying to...
C#
...Make the big time!
[Verse 2]
F#
Take me on a roller-coaster,
C#
Take me for an airplane ride,
F#
Take me for a six-day wonder, but don't you...
C#
...Don't you throw my pride aside, besides...
B
What's real, and make believe?
G# C#
Baby Jane's in Acapulco, we are flying down to Rio!
[Break 1]
F# C#
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /:||[x2]
B
| / / / / | / / / / |
Oo----!
G# C#
A |--3-----------------|--4-----------------|
E |--4--3--2--1--0-----|--1-----------------|
C |--3--------------3--|--1--0--------------|
G |--5-----------------|--1-----4--3--2--1--|
[Verse 3]
F# C#
Throw me a line, I'm sinking fast,
C#
Clutching at straws, ...can't make it,
F#
Havana sound we're trying,
C#
A hard edge, the hipster jiving,
B
Oh - oh, 'Last picture show's down the drive-in,
G#
You're so sheer, you're so chic,
C#
'Teenage rebel of the week'!
[Verse 4]
F#
Flavours of the mountain streamline,
C#
Midnight blue casino floors,
F#
Dance the cha-cha through 'til sunrise,
C#
Opens up exclusive doors, oh - wow,
B
Just like flamingoes look the same,
G#
So me and you, just we two,
C#
Got to search for some -thing new!
A |--4----4----4----4----4----4-----4--|
E |--4---------------------------------|
C |--5---------------------------------|
G |--6---------------------------------|
[Bridge]
C#
A |--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--| [x3]
E |--4--------------------|
C |--5--------------------|
G |--6--------------------|
F# C#
A |--1---1-1---1-1--1-1--|--4-----4---4---4---4--| [x6]
E |--2---2-2---2-2--2-2--|--1--------------------|
C |--1---1-1---1-1--1-1--|--1---1---1---1---1----|
G |--3---3-3---3-3--3-3--|--1--------------------|
F# C#
A |--1---1-1---1-1--1-1--|--4---4---4---4---|
E |--2---2-2---2-2--2-2--|--1---1---1---4---|
C |--1---1-1---1-1--1-1--|--1---1---1---1---|
G |--3---3-3---3-3--3-3--|--1---1---1---1---|
[Verse 5]
F#
Far beyond the pale horizon,
C#
Some place near the desert strand,
F#
A-where my Studebaker takes me,
C#
That's where I'll make my stand, but wait...
B
Can't you see that Holtzer mane?
G#