Capo 1
Intro: D | G | Em | A | D | G | Em | A
D G Em A D | G | Em | A
I grew up in the kind of place you have to pass when travelin' somewhere else.
D G Em A D | G Em A
My mother laughed more than she cried, but when she cried, well it was something everyone felt.
D G Em A D | G | Em | A
Virginia I am baffled by the echoes, I've been defend by the sounds
D G Em A D | G | Em | A
Of that place where they say we should dream of Heaven and keep our feet right on the ground
[G]And I don't [A]know if this is [D]where we're [A]meant to [G]be
Em A D | G | Em | A
Hey, Virginia, won't you spend your days with me.
D G Em A D | G | Em | A
I dreamt of skies of quiet blue that laid to rest the pain of darker days
D G Em A D | G Em | A
And my dreams collide with subway cars, but in my heart I knew that I was frightened for a change
D G Em A D | G | Em | A
And the morning paints the bedroom in a faded gray, my hands remember yours.
D G Em A D | G | Em | A
I drank because I could not sleep, now I can't sleep 'cause I don't drink no more
[G]And I don't [A]know if this is [D]where we're [A]meant to [G]be
Em A D | G | Em | A
Hey, Virginia, won't you spend your days with me.
[G]New York [A]ain't so pretty, [D]New York [A]ain't so [G]strange
Em A D A G Em G D | G | Em | A | D | G | Em | A
Soon we'll both forget our alibis and maybe we could find a way to change
[G]And I don't [A]know if this is [D]where we're [A]meant to [G]be
[Em]And I don't [A]know if this is [D]where we're [A]meant to [G]be
[Em]And I don't [A]know if this is [D]where we're [A]meant to [G]be
Em A D | G | Em
Hey, Virginia, won't you spend your days with me.
A D | G | Em | A | D
Won't you spend your days with me.
Intro: D | G | Em | A | D | G | Em | A
D G Em A D | G | Em | A
I grew up in the kind of place you have to pass when travelin' somewhere else.
D G Em A D | G Em A
My mother laughed more than she cried, but when she cried, well it was something everyone felt.
D G Em A D | G | Em | A
Virginia I am baffled by the echoes, I've been defend by the sounds
D G Em A D | G | Em | A
Of that place where they say we should dream of Heaven and keep our feet right on the ground
[G]And I don't [A]know if this is [D]where we're [A]meant to [G]be
Em A D | G | Em | A
Hey, Virginia, won't you spend your days with me.
D G Em A D | G | Em | A
I dreamt of skies of quiet blue that laid to rest the pain of darker days
D G Em A D | G Em | A
And my dreams collide with subway cars, but in my heart I knew that I was frightened for a change
D G Em A D | G | Em | A
And the morning paints the bedroom in a faded gray, my hands remember yours.
D G Em A D | G | Em | A
I drank because I could not sleep, now I can't sleep 'cause I don't drink no more
[G]And I don't [A]know if this is [D]where we're [A]meant to [G]be
Em A D | G | Em | A
Hey, Virginia, won't you spend your days with me.
[G]New York [A]ain't so pretty, [D]New York [A]ain't so [G]strange
Em A D A G Em G D | G | Em | A | D | G | Em | A
Soon we'll both forget our alibis and maybe we could find a way to change
[G]And I don't [A]know if this is [D]where we're [A]meant to [G]be
[Em]And I don't [A]know if this is [D]where we're [A]meant to [G]be
[Em]And I don't [A]know if this is [D]where we're [A]meant to [G]be
Em A D | G | Em
Hey, Virginia, won't you spend your days with me.
A D | G | Em | A | D
Won't you spend your days with me.
