Isaac Russell – West Virginia chords

West Virginia by Isaac Russell -- formerly known as RuRu

Tabbed by: Nathan Hankins

Standard Tuning
Capo: 1

Intro:
G  C  G  C  w/little hammer-ons and additions, pretty simple to figure out.


GSkippin' town
                    C  Gone back to West Virginia
              G                      D        B7      With just a pencil to my name
         EmAnd I once had a lover
     C                 AmBut I messed it up
                          G              D              GAnd I'll write her letters of love every day
                    G    Cause I laughed at the Lord,
Em                                   D/CDanced with the woman in red
              G                EmAnd the pillow's so cold
               D/CWhere my love once laid her head
                 G                          Em         D/CAnd I need more than West Virginia could give


          G  Em  D/CI need salvation
          Am       DI need salvation



Instrumental Section
G   C   G   D   B7   Em   C   Am   G   D   G



G                              CAll the times I think I see your face
           G                D    B7In the West Virginia skies
      Em          C   AmBut its never you,
              GAnd you don't need me girl,
              D                GCause I'm just a blight

        G                        Em              D/CThe perfume that you wear stains my heart
             G                        Em            D/CAnd the tear stains on the letters from you

They rip me apart
                  GAnd I need so much more
        Em                D/CThan any lover could give

          G  Em D/CI need salvation
          G         D  B7I need salvation
          Em       CI need salvation
                 G                         Em              CAnd I need more than West Virginia could give
           G           CI need salvation.