Sweet Virginia    (intro)

 

    G - D - G - C - G - G7        + instrumental = verse 1

 

       C                          Am                  G        - G7

1. Wadin' through the waste stormy winter,

      C                        Am                          G        - G7

    and there's not a friend to help you through.

       C                       Am                          G             C

    Tryin' to stop the waves behind your eyeballs, aha,

       G                      D                                 G      - C - G - G7

    drop your reds, drop your greens and blues.

 

       C                          Am          G        - G7

2. Thank you for your wine, California,

       C                            Am                  G        - G7

    thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits.

       C                 Am               G             C

    Yes, I got the desert in my toenail, aha,

      G                    D                        G      - C - G - G7

    and I hid the speed inside my shoe.

      

            C                            Am                   G        - G7

3. But come on, come on down Sweet Virginia,

      C                       Am              G     - G7

    come on, honey child, I beg you !

       C                          Am                    G            C

    Come on, come on down, you got it in you, aha,

      G                          D                         G      - C - G - G7

    got to scrape the shit right off you shoes.

 

    + instrumental = verse 3         + repeat verse 3

 

+ repeat verse 3 again, last line =

 

      G                          D                         C      - G

    got to scrape the shit right off you shoes.

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (The Rolling Stones)