🎹 Chordroom

Your Song Chords & Lyrics Database

Sweet Virginia - Ronnie Lane Chords

Chords: F, Dm, C, G

More chords by Ronnie Lane

Genre: blues, rock, folk


From a 1974 BBC John Peel Session , Ronnie's voice is wonderful as always.

Fantastic version of this Jagger/Richards composition.

Tabbed by ThomasJHinton7@gmail.com

[Intro]
F Dm C
F Dm C
F Dm C
C G C

[Verse 1]
F Dm C
Wadin' through waste and stormy winter
F Dm C
And there, there ain't a friend to help you through
F Dm C
Well you got to stop those waves behind your eyeballs
C G C
You drop those reds, you drop those greens and blues

[Verse 2]
F Dm C
And thank you for your wine, California
F Dm C
And thank you for your sweet and bitter fruit
F Dm C
Well I guess I got the desert in my toenail
C G C
And I hid the speed inside my shoe

[Chorus]
F Dm C
Oh come on, come on down Sweet Virginia
F Dm C
Oh come on, come on down, I beg of you
F Dm C
Oh come on, come on down, you got in it in ya
C G C
You got to scrape that right off your shoes

[Solo]
F Dm C
F Dm C
F Dm C
C G C

[Verse 3]
F Dm C
Thank you for your wine, California
F Dm C
And thank you for your sweet and bitter fruit
F Dm C
Well I guess I got the desert in my toenail
C G C
And I hid the speed inside my shoe

More Ronnie Lane Songs

ChordRoom - Free Guitar & Piano Chords