Rescue Me Virginia chords by The Steel Wheels

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

G+G               C majorC     D MajorD        G+G  C majorC  G+G
I came from Kansas, where the sky is so big you feel alone

     D MajorD                   G+G       C majorC   G+G
But that prairie gives meaning to the mountains that I call my home

G+G                C majorC         D MajorD      G+G  C majorC  G+G
My family is midwest, where the days don't seem as busy as the East

  D MajorD                            G+G       C majorC   G+G
And though there's space to wander, it's the wandering that never gave me peace

Chorus:

      C majorC   G+G       D MajorD
Oh, rescue me, Virginia, rescue me

D MajorD            E minorEm   C majorC       G+G
Sing the songs of the ancients, wash me in the sea

    C majorC   E minorEm      D MajorD
Rescue me, Virginia, rescue me

       G+G
Oh, rescue me

Verse 2:

G+G                  C majorC        D MajorD         G+G  C majorC  G+G
My brother lives in Pittsburgh, he's different in the ways you’d like to see

     D MajorD                    G+G    C majorC   G+G
Like the rivers of that city, deep at his center he is free

G+G                 C majorC      D MajorD         G+G  C majorC  G+G
Sister writes from Wichita, she's kept herself steady in the wind

D MajorD                             G+G    C majorC    G+G
Further from the coast, she's always been the most easy kind of friend

Chorus:

      C majorC   G+G       D MajorD
Oh, rescue me, Virginia, rescue me

D MajorD            E minorEm   C majorC       G+G
Sing the songs of the ancients, wash me in the sea

    C majorC   E minorEm      D MajorD
Rescue me, Virginia, rescue me

        A minorAm   B minorBm   C majorC
Oh, rescue me

Bridge:

C majorC      G+G          D MajorD
It makes a difference where you go

C majorC      G+G          D MajorD
It makes a difference where you go

C majorC       G+G         A minorAm   B minorBm   C majorC
It makes you different where you go

Verse 3:

G+G          C majorC     D MajorD        G+G  C majorC  G+G
I love the West, Colorado is a promise I could keep

   D MajorD                   G+G       C majorC   G+G
She's younger and wild, but those aren't the mountains calling me

G+G             C majorC        D MajorD        G+G  C majorC  G+G
Oh, I'm not from here, but this is where I want my roots to grow

  D MajorD                           G+G    C majorC    G+G
In all the miles that I've traveled, it's good to finally find myself at home

Chorus:

      C majorC   G+G       D MajorD
Oh, rescue me, Virginia, rescue me

D MajorD            E minorEm   C majorC       G+G
Sing the songs of the ancients, wash me in the sea

    C majorC   E minorEm      D MajorD
Rescue me, Virginia, rescue me

       G+G
Oh, rescue me