The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #116352 Message #2498117
Posted By: maple_leaf_boy
19-Nov-08 - 08:32 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
I found the Mel Bay Music book:
(G)Carry (C)me (G)back / / (B7)to (C)old Virgin-(G)ny. There's where the (G)cotton (E7)and the (A7)corn and taters (D7)grow. (G)There's (C)where (G)the birds (B7)warble (Am)sweet in the (G)spring-time. There's where this old (E7)darkey's (A7)heart am (C)long'd (D7)to (G)go.
(D7)There's where I labored so (G)hard for (D7)old (G)Massa, Day after day (B7)in the (A7)field of yellow (D7)corn; (G)No (C)place (G)on earth (B7)do (Em)I (Am)love more sincere(G)ly Than old Virgin-(E7)ny, the (A7)state where (C)I (D7)was (G)born.
Chords: Arranged By Mel Bay. (I placed the chord transitions before the first syllable they are sung on.)