Carry Me Back To Old Virginny Chords
by Ray Charles
Carry Me Back To Old Virginny by Ray Charles is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G7, C, E, F, F#o, G/C, D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G7
Carry me back to old Virginny.
C E F F#o
There's where the cotton and corn and taters grow.
G/C A- D G
That's where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time.
C E F F#o
That's where this heart of mine, longs to go.
G/C A D G C
Carry me back to old Virginny,
C E F F#o
There let me live till I wither and decay.
G/C A- D G
Long by the old Dismal Swamp have I wandered,
C E F F#o
That's where this life of mine will pass away.
G/C A D G C
Mother and father have gone before me,
C E F F#o
Soon we will meet on that bright and golden shore.
G/C A- D G
There we'll be happy and free from all sorrow,
C E F F#o
And there we'll meet, and part no more.
G/C A D G C
***Now I know the meaning of the phrase "Virginia is for lovers." I've fallen head
over heels for the state.***