Robert Earl Keen – East Virginia Blues (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
          E
I was born in East Virginia

     A              E
North Carolina I did go

     A                  E
There I met a fair young lady

       B              E
But her name I did not know

           E
Oh her hair was dark and curly

       A                E
And her cheeks were rosy red

      A                 E
On her breast she wore a lily

       B                E
Where I longed to lay my head
[Verse 2]
            E
I don't want your green back dollar

            A              E
I don't want your watch and chain

     A              E
All I want is you my darling

          B           E
Say you'll take me back again

                E
The ocean's deep and I can't swim it

          A           E
And I have no wings to fly

             A              E
I'll just get some blue-eyed boatman

      B               E
For to row me o'er the tide
[Chorus]
         E
I'm going back to East Virginia

     A              E
North Carolina ain't my home

         A            E
I'm going back to East Virginia

         B              E
Leave old North Carolina alone

         E
I'm going back to East Virginia

     A              E
North Carolina ain't my home

         A            E
I'm going back to East Virginia

         B              E
Leave old North Carolina alone