Chords for Sweet Virginia - How to play it
Tempo:
113.6 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
B
F#m
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Yeah, okay, sweet, Virginia.
This is how I interpret it
um I
Put capo on a second fret
[C]
So we get the voicing for [A] the a chord.
I playing a g4
[N] and I use a Moshe [D] thin pick so [F#] it can strum real nice, and I strum through the
[C] Bass runs and so forth [Am] like all country songs do [A#] this is a typical
[D] Country type of you know chord picking [A] yeah, so
Kind of starts like this.
You've got your g chord.
Just picks it through
[B]
Is your five chord?
[E] [A]
[D] You get to see
[A]
[B] Open [C#] a walk up to the [D] sea
Walk [C#] back down to [B] the a and play an a7 chord
[A] Back to the one
[B] [D]
Back walk
[B]
[A]
[D]
[B] [A]
[C#] [D]
[A] [E]
[G#] [A]
[D] [A] [B]
[D] [B]
[C#] [D] I'm damping the [F#m] low string [B] as I'm strumming through.
[A]
I want to hear that low E string
[G#m]
[D] [C#]
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
[D]
[A] [F#m] [D]
[F#m] [B] I
Can't sing you know what you guys know words
[A]
[B]
[D] And [F#m] they're not friends
Help you [A] through
[F#m] [D] Try to [F#m] stop the [B] way
behind [A] your eyes oh
[D] Drop your head [B] drop your green
[A] [F#m]
[A]
Got the scrape the shit [E] right off your [D]
shoe
[A]
Something like that okay.
There you [Dm] go.
I hope you
This is how I interpret it
um I
Put capo on a second fret
[C]
So we get the voicing for [A] the a chord.
I playing a g4
[N] and I use a Moshe [D] thin pick so [F#] it can strum real nice, and I strum through the
[C] Bass runs and so forth [Am] like all country songs do [A#] this is a typical
[D] Country type of you know chord picking [A] yeah, so
Kind of starts like this.
You've got your g chord.
Just picks it through
[B]
Is your five chord?
[E] [A]
[D] You get to see
[A]
[B] Open [C#] a walk up to the [D] sea
Walk [C#] back down to [B] the a and play an a7 chord
[A] Back to the one
[B] [D]
Back walk
[B]
[A]
[D]
[B] [A]
[C#] [D]
[A] [E]
[G#] [A]
[D] [A] [B]
[D] [B]
[C#] [D] I'm damping the [F#m] low string [B] as I'm strumming through.
[A]
I want to hear that low E string
[G#m]
[D] [C#]
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
[D]
[A] [F#m] [D]
[F#m] [B] I
Can't sing you know what you guys know words
[A]
[B]
[D] And [F#m] they're not friends
Help you [A] through
[F#m] [D] Try to [F#m] stop the [B] way
behind [A] your eyes oh
[D] Drop your head [B] drop your green
[A] [F#m]
[A]
Got the scrape the shit [E] right off your [D]
shoe
[A]
Something like that okay.
There you [Dm] go.
I hope you
Key:
A
D
B
F#m
C#
A
D
B
_ _ Yeah, _ okay, sweet, Virginia.
_ This is how I interpret it _ _
_ um I
Put capo on a second fret
[C]
So we get the voicing for [A] the a chord.
I playing a g4 _
[N] and I use a Moshe [D] thin pick so [F#] it can strum real nice, and I strum through the
[C] Bass runs and so forth [Am] like all country songs do [A#] this is a typical
[D] Country type of you know chord picking [A] yeah, so
_ Kind of starts like this.
You've got your g chord. _ _ _ _
Just picks it through
_ _ [B] _
Is your five chord?
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ You get to see
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [B] Open [C#] a walk up to the [D] sea
_ _ Walk [C#] back down to [B] the a and play an a7 chord _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ Back to the one _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
Back walk
_ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] I'm damping the [F#m] low string [B] as I'm strumming through.
_ [A] _
_ _ I want to hear that low E string
[G#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#m] [B] I
Can't sing you know what you guys know words
[A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [D] And [F#m] they're not friends _ _
Help you [A] _ through _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [D] Try to _ [F#m] stop the [B] way
_ behind [A] your eyes oh _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Drop your head [B] drop your green
_ _ [A] _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Got the scrape the shit [E] right off your [D] _
shoe
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ Something like that okay.
There you [Dm] go.
I hope you
_ This is how I interpret it _ _
_ um I
Put capo on a second fret
[C]
So we get the voicing for [A] the a chord.
I playing a g4 _
[N] and I use a Moshe [D] thin pick so [F#] it can strum real nice, and I strum through the
[C] Bass runs and so forth [Am] like all country songs do [A#] this is a typical
[D] Country type of you know chord picking [A] yeah, so
_ Kind of starts like this.
You've got your g chord. _ _ _ _
Just picks it through
_ _ [B] _
Is your five chord?
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ You get to see
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [B] Open [C#] a walk up to the [D] sea
_ _ Walk [C#] back down to [B] the a and play an a7 chord _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ Back to the one _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
Back walk
_ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] I'm damping the [F#m] low string [B] as I'm strumming through.
_ [A] _
_ _ I want to hear that low E string
[G#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#m] [B] I
Can't sing you know what you guys know words
[A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [D] And [F#m] they're not friends _ _
Help you [A] _ through _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [D] Try to _ [F#m] stop the [B] way
_ behind [A] your eyes oh _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Drop your head [B] drop your green
_ _ [A] _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Got the scrape the shit [E] right off your [D] _
shoe
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ Something like that okay.
There you [Dm] go.
I hope you