The Steel Wheels - Rescue Me Virginia

      Rescue Me, Virginia
by The Steel Wheels


[Verse 1]
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I came from Kansas, where the sky is so big you feel alone
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But that prairie gives meaning to the mountains that I call my home
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My family is midwest, where the days don't seem as busy as the East
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And though there's space to wander, it's the wandering that never gave me peace

[Chorus]
           C      G             D
Oh, rescue me, Virginia, rescue me
D                        Em     C              G
Sing the songs of the ancients, wash me in the sea
       C      Em            D
Rescue me, Virginia, rescue me
              G
Oh, rescue me

[Verse 2]
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My brother lives in Pittsburgh, he's different in the ways you’d like to see
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Like the rivers of that city, deep at his center he is free
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Sister writes from Wichita, she's kept herself steady in the wind
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Further from the coast, she's always been the most easy kind of friend

[Chorus]
           C      G             D
Oh, rescue me, Virginia, rescue me
D                        Em     C              G
Sing the songs of the ancients, wash me in the sea
       C      Em            D
Rescue me, Virginia, rescue me
               Am     Bm     C
Oh, rescue me

[Bridge]
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It makes a difference where you go
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It makes a difference where you go
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It makes you different where you go

[Verse 3]
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I love the West, Colorado is a promise I could keep
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She's younger and wild, but those aren't the mountains calling me
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Oh, I'm not from here, but this is where I want my roots to grow
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In all the miles that I've traveled, it's good to finally find myself at home

[Chorus]
           C      G             D
Oh, rescue me, Virginia, rescue me
D                        Em     C              G
Sing the songs of the ancients, wash me in the sea
       C      Em            D
Rescue me, Virginia, rescue me
              G
Oh, rescue me