Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1939, Standard transcription) chords by Nat King Cole
Verse 1
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Carry me back
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to old Virginny,
There's where the cotton and
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the corn and taters grow,
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There's where the birds warble
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sweet in the spring time,
There's where this old darky's
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heart am long to go.
Verse 2
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There's where I labored
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so hard for old massa,
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Day after day in the fields of yellow corn,
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No place on earth do I love
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more sincerely,
Than old Virginny,
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the place where I was born.
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Verse 3
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Carry me back to old Virginny,
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There let me live 'till I wither
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and decay,
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Long by the old Dismal Swamp
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have I wandered,
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There's where this old darky's
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life am passed away.
Verse 4
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Massa and misses have long
gone before me,
Soon we will meet on that
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bright and golden shore.
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There we'll be happy and
free from all sorrow,
There's where we'll meet and
we'll never part no more.
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Carry me back
Verse 5
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to old Virginny,
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There's where the cotton and the
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corn and taters grow,
There's where the birds warble sweet
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in the spring time,
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There's where this old darky's heart am long to
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Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1939, Standard transcription)
Nat King Cole
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