INTRO
[G] [D] [C] [Am] [G] [D] [C] [C]
[G]born up on the b[D]lue ridge at the c[C]arolina l[Am]ine
[G]baptized on the b[D]anks of the new r[C]iver
[G]brought up on b[D]luegrass and c[Am]lear moonsh[C]ine
[G]tough as iron but a [D]heart soft as l[C]eather[Am]
[G]lev[C]i [Am]lord lord l[D]ord the shot him down[G][C]
[Am]ten thousand [D]miles from a southern town[G][C]
[Am]oh o[D]h l[G]evi[C][Am][D]
[G]like a fire on the m[D]ountain running w[C]ild in those d[Am]ays
playing[G] nights of the golden h[D]orseshoe and indian r[C]aids
now its[G] parachutes and [D]combat boots and [Am]camouflage airpl[C]anes
and a [G]country boy who [D]don't belong in the [C]desert an[Am]yway
[G]lev[C]i [Am]lord lord l[D]ord the shot him down[G][C]
[Am]ten thousand [D]miles from a southern town[G][C]
[Am]oh o[D]h l[G]evi[C][Am][D]
Solo
[G] [D] [C] [AM] [G] [D] [C] [C] [G] [D] [AM] [C] [G] [D] [C] [AM]
[Bm]well the sand box sure gets lonesome and its a h[Em]undred and nine degrees
[Bm]singing carry me back to virginia Lord I'm d[C]own here on my k[D]nees
[G]in the market square while the b[D]ells were ringing l[C]oud to fill the a[Am]ir
[G]levi gazed his e[D]yes out through the r[C]ocket glare
beyond the d[G]esert and the o[D]cean to the f[Am]urthest fields of h[C]ome
and when the b[G]ullets pierced his b[D]ody he was al[C]ready g[Am]one
[G]lev[C]i [Am]lord lord l[D]ord the shot him down[G][C]
[Am]ten thousand [D]miles from a southern town[G][C]
[Am]oh o[D]h [G]lev[C]i [Am]lord lord l[D]ord the shot him down[G] [C]
[Am]oh o[D]h l[G]evi[C]
[Am]oh o[D]h levi
[G] [D] [C] [Am] [G] [D] [C] [C]
[G]born up on the b[D]lue ridge at the c[C]arolina l[Am]ine
[G]baptized on the b[D]anks of the new r[C]iver
[G]brought up on b[D]luegrass and c[Am]lear moonsh[C]ine
[G]tough as iron but a [D]heart soft as l[C]eather[Am]
[G]lev[C]i [Am]lord lord l[D]ord the shot him down[G][C]
[Am]ten thousand [D]miles from a southern town[G][C]
[Am]oh o[D]h l[G]evi[C][Am][D]
[G]like a fire on the m[D]ountain running w[C]ild in those d[Am]ays
playing[G] nights of the golden h[D]orseshoe and indian r[C]aids
now its[G] parachutes and [D]combat boots and [Am]camouflage airpl[C]anes
and a [G]country boy who [D]don't belong in the [C]desert an[Am]yway
[G]lev[C]i [Am]lord lord l[D]ord the shot him down[G][C]
[Am]ten thousand [D]miles from a southern town[G][C]
[Am]oh o[D]h l[G]evi[C][Am][D]
Solo
[G] [D] [C] [AM] [G] [D] [C] [C] [G] [D] [AM] [C] [G] [D] [C] [AM]
[Bm]well the sand box sure gets lonesome and its a h[Em]undred and nine degrees
[Bm]singing carry me back to virginia Lord I'm d[C]own here on my k[D]nees
[G]in the market square while the b[D]ells were ringing l[C]oud to fill the a[Am]ir
[G]levi gazed his e[D]yes out through the r[C]ocket glare
beyond the d[G]esert and the o[D]cean to the f[Am]urthest fields of h[C]ome
and when the b[G]ullets pierced his b[D]ody he was al[C]ready g[Am]one
[G]lev[C]i [Am]lord lord l[D]ord the shot him down[G][C]
[Am]ten thousand [D]miles from a southern town[G][C]
[Am]oh o[D]h [G]lev[C]i [Am]lord lord l[D]ord the shot him down[G] [C]
[Am]oh o[D]h l[G]evi[C]
[Am]oh o[D]h levi
