Virginia Chords

KeyC Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays452

Virginia by Tift Merritt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords C, D, G, Am 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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  			Virginia, No One Can Warn You 
By Tift Merritt 
 
 
 
Notes are relative to capo (ie - the 0 note 
On A string is actually the 5th fret because  
of the capo. 
 
e----------------------------------------| 
B----------------------------------------| 
G--------------0-2-4-5--7/9--7---7-------| 
D--------0-2-4-----------------9---7\5---| 
A--0-2-3---------------------------------| 
G----------------------------------------| 
		 
          C        D           G         C 
With your eyes lit up and your dress see thru 
          C        D                 G       C 
With your heart so big it don't know what to do 
          C        D                G      C 
You're my favorite thing like sweet ????? 
         Am                      D  
You have saved my life, I got to leave you here 
 
Chorus: 
   G                    D 
Oh Virginia, no one can warn you 
   Em               C 
Oh Virginia, I have tried to 
         G                     D 
When the winter comes, how the cold moves thru 
   C        D           G 
Oh Virginia, no one can warn you 
 
I can not explain how you should begin 
I can't give you up, it won't all cave in 
There's no good way home, there's no place to rest 
There'd no room down here for a pretty mess 
 
Chorus 
 
You don't know it yet with your brand new kiss 
You don't want to stay here and live like this 
I wish I could do, oh, what would I be 
If I can't for mine something better than me 
 
Chorus 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante