SWEET VIRGINIA
The Rolling Stones
from the album EXILE ON MAIN STREET
Capo II
Playing note: To get the feel of this song, almost every chord change
has a walk-up or step down note leading into it … play with it a
little, listen to the record to get the nuances. (Lead into the
opening G chord with an arrpegiated D run.)
Intro: (Harmonica over)
G D G C G
C A7 G
C A7 G
C A7 G C
G D G C G
Verse I
C A7 G
Wading through the waste stormy winter
C A7 G
and there's not a friend to help you through
C A7 G C
Trying to stop the waves behind your eye-balls
G D G C G
Drop your reds drop your greens an blues
Second verse (same chords as first verse )
Thank you for your wine California
thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits
Yes I got the desert in my toe-nail
And I hid the speed insdie my shoes
Chorus:
C A7 G
Come on, come on down, Sweet Virginia
C A7 G
Come on, honey Child I beg of you
C A7 G C
Come on, come on down, you got it in you
G D G C G
Got to scrape that shit right off your shoes
Break: Repeat chorus chords, play sax solo over top
Repeat Chorus twice, end on last "shoesssssssss ……"
source: James Morris and Rob Anderson
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