Carry Me Back to Old Virginny Chords & Lyrics by Ray Charles

Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

guitar chords lyrics

Ray Charles

Album : The Complete ABC Recordings (1959-1961) jazz PlayStop



Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
James A. Bland, arr. Ray Charles

Intro: G7

Carry me back to old Virginny.
C E F F#o
There's where the cotton and corn and taters grow.
G/C A- D G
That's where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time.

C E F F#o
That's where this heart of mine, longs to go.
G/C A D G C

Carry me back to old Virginny,
C E F F#o
There let me live till I wither and decay.
G/C A- D G
Long by the old Dismal Swamp have I wandered,
C E F F#o
That's where this life of mine will pass away.
G/C A D G C


Mother and father have gone before me,
C E F F#o
Soon we will meet on that bright and golden shore.
G/C A- D G
There we'll be happy and free from all sorrow,
C E F F#o
And there we'll meet, and part no more.
G/C A D G C

***Now I know the meaning of the phrase "Virginia is for lovers." I've fallen head
over heels for the state.***

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