Tori Amos - Virginia

intro : C#m , A , E , B x2

C#m [ ch ] C#m/B [ /Ch ] F#
in the lush virginia hills
A B C#m
they kept her as long as they could
[ ch ] C#m/B [ /Ch ]
cause they knew when the white brother
F# A B
found white shell beads
C#m A
wrapped around her skin – –
B C#
a life giving river – –
A B C#
her body open as will his hand
A B C
and with A “goodbye” there she goes

C# B F# C#
she may betray all that she loves
B F# C#
and even wait for their savior to come
B F# C#
and in some things , maybe he’ll be right
B F# A
but as always the thing that he loves
E B F# A E
he will change from her sunrise to clockwise to soul trading
B F#
still she’ll lay down her body
A E C#
covering him all the same

C#m , A , E , B

C#m [ ch ] C#m/B [ /Ch ] F#
so hundreds of years go by
A B C#m
she’s a girl out working her trade
[ ch ] C#m/B [ /Ch ] F#
and she loses a little each day
A B C#m
to ghetto pimps and presidents
A B C#
who try and arouse her turquoise serpents
A B C
she can’t recall what they represent
A B C
and when you ask , she won’t know

she will betray . . . . .

C#m , A , E
B C#m A E B
oh . . . . . . .
C#m A F#m
virginia
C#m
you won’t even you . . . .
F#m E B
oh , virginia
F#m C#m
you won’t even you . . .
F#m C#m
you won’t even you . . .
F#m E C#m
you can’t remember your name . . . . .
A E B A/C# A F B C#m