East Virginia

George Hamilton IV

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
I was born in East Virginia
C7        F          C
North Carolina I did go
        F               C
There I met the fairest maiden
             G7            C
Her name and age I did not know

Verse 2

Her hair it was a light brown color
C7            F               C
Her lips they were red ruby's red
       F                       C
On her breast she wore a white lily
        G7               C
There I longed to lay my head

Verse 1

C
I was born in East Virginia
C7        F          C
North Carolina I did go
        F               C
There I met the fairest maiden
             G7            C
Her name and age I did not know

Verse 3

I'd rather be in some dark holler
C7        F             C
Where the sun no longer shines
        F              C
Than to know she loved another
       G7                  C
And to know she'd never be mine

Verse 1

C
I was born in East Virginia
C7        F          C
North Carolina I did go
        F               C
There I met the fairest maiden
             G7            C
Her name and age I did not know

Verse 4

             G7            C
Her name and age I did not know