{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1906556,"song":"Carry Me Back To Virginia","artist":"Old Crow Medicine Show","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1906556-carry-me-back-to-virginia-chords-by-old-crow-medicine-show/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1906556?type=chord","rating":4.56678,"votes":37,"content":"Note that the last verse and bridge are played differently than the rest. \r\nThe measure/bar example for the intro is used for the first two verses too.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\nPattern of 4 measures (4/4 time signature):\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] - |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh   I come from the valley, I'm a rebel boy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBorn on the banks of the Shenandoah[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn sixty-one, I went to the war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo win one for Virginia![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nYa my brother went first and they called me too [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was green as clover in the morning dew[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I marched to the drum and I sang to the tune[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCarry me back to Virginia![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFire in the cannon, water in the well, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRaced through the valley with a rebel yell[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI learned right quick how to march like hell and affix that bayonet.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon't ya carry me back? [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon't ya carry me back? [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCarry me back to Virginia[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nWith a sword and a saddle, powder in the gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe thought for a minute our fight was done[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo they lined us up with the medals on ,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd hammered us into the quicksand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen they burned that valley in a blaze of fire, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCut through the lands like a red hot iron[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTil we ran for cover where the horses piled, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen we shivered in the cold against them[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the war raged on like flames of hell, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe dug through the pockets of the ones who fell, [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDressed in rags and we ate like rats [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen they cut off our legs we cried![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon't ya carry me back? [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon't ya carry me back? [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCarry me back to Virginia[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon't ya carry me back? [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon't ya carry me back? [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCarry me back to Virginia[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Alternative Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen we died in the valley, [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDied in the swamp, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn the banks of the river where the whitetail jump[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDied in the ditches,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDied in the fields, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the belly of a wagon ‘fore our wounds were healed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDied in the wards,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStarved in the camps[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLocked in the prison so mean and rank[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSpilled our blood in the fight to defend [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they buried us all over Dixieland![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Alternative Bridge]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDown in Alabama, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDown in Caroline, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWay down in Georgie, on the Tennessee line[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe fought for the rebels, and Robert E. Lee, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow we want to go home to Virginia[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSay we want to go home to Virginia! [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon't ya carry me back? [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon't ya carry me back? [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCarry me back to Virginia[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon't ya carry me back? [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon't ya carry me back? [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wanna be buried in Virginia[/tab]","plain_text":"Note that the last verse and bridge are played differently than the rest. \nThe measure/bar example for the intro is used for the first two verses too.\n\n[Intro]\nPattern of 4 measures (4/4 time signature):\nD D D G | D D A A | D D D G | D A D - |\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Alternative Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Alternative Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}