Old Virginia
Written by Dan Peek and Catherine Peek, ©1975
G G/F# Em7 G/D C G/B Am7 D7 G7 -x---- -x---- ------ ------ ------ --x--- ------ ------ -x---- |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||**3fr ||||*| |||||| ||||*| ||||*| |||||* |||||| *||||| |**||| |||*|| ||*||| |*|||| ||*||| |||*|* |||||| *||||* |||||* ||||*| |||||| |*|||| ||||** |||||| |||||| *||||| Dm7 C6 Fmaj7 ------ ------ ------ ||||** ||||*| ||||*| |||*|| ||**|| |||*|| |||||| |*|||| ||*||| G G/F# Em7 G/D Hey, honey, won't you sit down C And stop here for a spell G G/F# Em7 G/D Singin' the sweet old lullabies C To forget about your health G G/F# Em7 Don't think about tomorrow G/D C G/B It's a whole night's sleep away Am7 D7 G G7 Sure would be pleased to have you stay Am7 D7 And it's reach out old Virginia G G/F# Em7 G/D Won't you rock him close to you Am7 D7 The poor boy's had a hotel so long Dm7 G7 He don't know what to do Am7 D7 It's time to come on home G G/F# Em7 G/D And put your feet up for a while C6 Fmaj7 So much travlin' 'round tends to take away your smile G G/F# Em7 G/D C 'Pears to me it's all a body can do to stay in tune G G/F# Em7 G/D And you've been strainin' at those strings C From mornin' till noon G G/F# Em7 G/D So come on down and hang around C G/B It'll put you right real soon Am7 'Cause nothing's changed D7 G G7 It's all the same Am7 D7 Reach out old Virginia G G/F# Em7 G/D Won't you rock him close to you Am7 D7 The poor boy's had a hotel so long Dm7 G7 He don't know what to do Am7 D7 It's time to come on home G G/F# Em7 G/D And put your feet up for a while C6 Fmaj7 So much travlin' 'round can take away your smile G G/F# Em7 G/D C G G/F# Em7 G/D C G G/F# Em7 G/D C G/B Am7 D7 G G7 Am7 D7 Reach out old Virginia G G/F# Em7 G/D Won't you rock him close to you Am7 D7 The poor boy's had a hotel so long Dm7 G7 He don't know what to do Am7 D7 It's time to come on home G G/F# Em7 G/D And put your feet up for a while C6 Fmaj7 C D7 So much travlin' 'round can take away your smile G G/F# Em7 G/D C (repeat and fade)