Levi Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays667

Levi by Old Crow Medicine Show is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Am, Bm 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
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16
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Intro:  G  D  C  Am   

G                      D                         C            Am 
Born up on the Blue Ridge at the Carolina line 
G                        D                          C 
Baptized on the banks of the New River 
G                           D                          C            Am 
Brought up on the bluegrass, and clear moon shine 
G                           D                           C 
Tough as iron, but a heart as soft as leather 

G   C     Am          D                          G 
Levi,     lord, lord, lord the shot him down 
C Am       D                                  G 
     10,000 miles from a southern town 
C Am   D  G 
       Oh Levi 

G                    D                                  C          Am 
Like fire on a mountain, running wild in those days 
G                                            D                       C 
Playing knights of the golden horse shoe and Indian raids 
G                                     D                            C                   Am 
Now it's parachutes and combat boots and camouflaged airplanes 
G                                     D                                     C 
And a country boy who don't belong in the desert anyway 

G   C     Am          D                          G 
Levi,     lord, lord, lord the shot him down 
C Am       D                                  G 
     10,000 miles from a southern town 
C Am   D  G 
       Oh Levi 


Bm 
Well the sand box sure gets lonesome 
Em 
Ands 109 degrees 
Bm 
Singing carry me back to Virginia 
C 
Lord I'm down here on my knees 

G                            D                                           C               Am 
In a market square where the bells were ringing loud to fill the air 
G                     D                       C 
Levi gazed his eyes out to the rocket glare 
G                                        D                     C                      Am 
Beyond the desert and the ocean, to the farthest fields of home 
G                                D                                     C 
And when the bullets pierced his body he was already gone 

G   C     Am          D                          G 
Levi,     lord, lord, lord the shot him down 
C Am       D                                  G 
     10,000 miles from a southern town 
C Am   D  G 
       Oh Levi 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante