Sweet Virginia

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,

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and I hid the speed inside my shoe.

C Am G - G7

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

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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)