Ray Charles - Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

      
 
 James A. Bland, arr. Ray Charles
 
 Intro: G7
 
 Carry me back to old Virginny.
 C E F F#o
 There's where the cotton and corn and taters grow.
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 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.
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 Carry me back to old Virginny,
 C E F F#o
 There let me live till I wither and decay.
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 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.
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 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.***