Strung Out – Exhumation Of Virginia Madison (Guitar)

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This song is obviously all power chords. I like to play open chords just for fun. Anything in parentheses is more of a guitar fill rather than a chord change. Where I wrote (fill) in parentheses there is a quick guitar fill I couldn’t figure out. Intro: C, G, Am, Em, F, C, G C, G, Am, Em, F, G, C
C
No one knows where

  (E   F     G   F)           G                      (fill)
I buried my sweet Virginia Madison

       F
The winter chill falls over me

        Em            Dm         C      Am    F Em
And keeps me numb inside

      C                       (E     F   G  F)
Under the moon by the edge of town she’ll

G                               (fill)
Quietly wait for me

  F
I promised it wouldn't be too long

     G
Till I returned to sleep with her

C     Dm  Am                        C
She said she don't wanna live no more

        Em  F
Well I don't mind

      Em F             G
No I don't mind

C   Dm         Am                 F
So now I'm waitin' for the crack of dawn

     Dm
To head on back there

Em                             F                           G
To the place where me and her will always be

C                 (E    F     G     F)
Now I got my Sunday best

              G                                 (fill)
And I'm headed out that door

F                           Em       Dm     C     Am    F Em
Dig my fingers deep in soil just to get to her

     C                                    (E    F   G    F)
All dressed in black and she's so pale

          G                        (fill)
She's waiting there for me

   F
A blanket of soil covers us

     G
To fall asleep for eternity
Solo: C, G, F
        G                                C  G  F
And now I close my eyes
Solo: C, G, Dm, F, C, Dm, F, G x2
          C                                         Dm
When I awake with a snap it was all a dream

F               G
I got an empty bottle of something under me

            C
I got a really bad headache

       Dm
My clothes are soaking wet

       F                     G
It’s times like this I wish I hadn't slept

C                   Dm
Star locked gaze, uneasy hands

  F
Then the dream fades away

        G
And leaves my head

 C
Another riddle ‘nother dream

 Dm
Another fucked up fantasy

           F                                    G
Gotta learn to stay away from all this TV

 C    Dm  Am                          C
She said she would always wait for me

         Em F
Well I don't mind

      Em F    G
No I don't mind

C    Dm        Am                F
So now I'm headin' to the place where I

F           G          Am   Dm  C
Buried my sweet Virginia Madison