Rescue Me Virginia chords by The Steel Wheels

Verse 1:

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I came from Kansas, where the sky is so big you feel alone

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

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My family is midwest, where the days don't seem as busy as the East

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And though there's space to wander, it's the wandering that never gave me peace

Chorus:

           C      G             D
Oh, rescue me, Virginia, rescue me

D                        Em     C              G
Sing the songs of the ancients, wash me in the sea

       C      Em            D
Rescue me, Virginia, rescue me

              G
Oh, rescue me

Verse 2:

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My brother lives in Pittsburgh, he's different in the ways you’d like to see

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Like the rivers of that city, deep at his center he is free

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Sister writes from Wichita, she's kept herself steady in the wind

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Further from the coast, she's always been the most easy kind of friend

Chorus:

           C      G             D
Oh, rescue me, Virginia, rescue me

D                        Em     C              G
Sing the songs of the ancients, wash me in the sea

       C      Em            D
Rescue me, Virginia, rescue me

               Am     Bm     C
Oh, rescue me

Bridge:

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It makes a difference where you go

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It makes a difference where you go

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It makes you different where you go

Verse 3:

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I love the West, Colorado is a promise I could keep

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

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Oh, I'm not from here, but this is where I want my roots to grow

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

Chorus:

           C      G             D
Oh, rescue me, Virginia, rescue me

D                        Em     C              G
Sing the songs of the ancients, wash me in the sea

       C      Em            D
Rescue me, Virginia, rescue me

              G
Oh, rescue me