Carry Me Back To 'ol Virginia Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays400

Carry Me Back To 'ol Virginia by Jerry Lee Lewis is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, A7, D7, E7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G                C      G 
Carry me back to old Virginia 

That's where the cotton 
        A7              D7 
And the corn and taters grow 

Keep on growing now 
G 
That's where the birds 
        C                 G 
Love to sing in the springtime 
                 E7 
That's where I'm going 
A7             D7         G 
Virginia is my home sweet home 

           C 
I'm coming home (I'm coming home) 
              G 
I'm coming on home (I'm coming home) 
             E7                      A7 
I got a city boy's cotton field back home 
D7 
You better beat it now 
G                C      G 
Carry me back to old Virginia 
                 E7 
That's where I'm coming 
A7             D7         G 
Virginia is my home sweet home 

             C 
I'm a-coming home (I'm coming home) 
                       G 
Lord am coming on back home now (I'm coming home) 
             E7                      A7 
I got a city boy's cotton field back home 
D7 
Yeah you better beat it now 
G                C      G 
Carry me back to old Virginia 
                 E7 
That's where I'm coming 
A7             D7         G 
Virginia is my home sweet home 

           Em               G 
I'm coming home (I'm coming home) 
                    Em 
Lord am coming home now (I'm coming home) 

Yeah you better believe me (I'm coming home) 
                                   G 
I'm bringing it all in (I'm coming home) 

                 Em 
I gotta get back home (I'm coming home) 
                                G 
I'm all always home (I'm coming home) 
    	

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