Carry Me Back To Old Virginny

	  		

Intro: G7 

Carry me back   to old Virginny. 
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There's where the cotton and corn and taters grow. 
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That's where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time. 
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That's where this heart of mine, longs to go. 
G/C                A        D     G        C 

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


Mother and father   have gone before me, 
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Soon we will meet on that bright and golden shore. 
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There we'll be happy   and free from all sorrow, 
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And there we'll meet, and part no more. 
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***Now I know the meaning of the phrase "Virginia is for lovers." I've fallen head  
over heels for the state.***