Key: D major•
Verse 1
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From the flat plains of O hio
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we drifted out one day
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For the southern part of the journey
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Underneath the bridge, the O hio river sang
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As we headed for the hills of West Vir gin ia
Verse 2
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And the red sun of the mor ning
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was smiling through the trees
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As the darkness of the night
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was quickly fading
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And the fog hugged the road
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like a cloudy, cloudy sea
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When we drove though the hills
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of West Vir gin ia
Verse 3
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We smoked the tobacco
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and drank of the wine
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And we spoke of the forest we were passing
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And the road would wind
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and wind and wind
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When we drove though the hills
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of West Vir gin ia
Verse 4
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A mong all the wealth
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of the beauty that we passed
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There was many old shacks a-growing older
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And we saw the broken bottles
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laying on the grass
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When we drove though the hills
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of West Vir gin ia
Verse 5
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The Vir ginia people watched
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as we went riding by
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Oh, proud as a boulder they were standing
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And we wondered at each other
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with a meeting of the eye
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When we drove though the hills
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of West Vir gin ia
Verse 6
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And once in a while
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we would stop by the road
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And gaze at the womb of the valley
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Almost wishing
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for a path down below
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Where we stopped in the hills
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of West Vir gin ia
Verse 7
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Up and down and all around
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we took our restless ride
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And the rocks they were staring
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cold and jagged
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Where ex plosions of the powder
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had torn away the side
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Where we drove through the hills
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of West Vir gin ia
Outro 1
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And the orange sun was falling
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on the southern border line
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As the shadows of the night
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were now re turning
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And we knew the mountains followed us
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and watched us from be hind
Where we drove
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from the hills of West Vir gin ia
When we drove
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from the hills of West Vir gin ia
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