Chords for Clifton Hicks - East Virginia

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I am from old East [Eb] Virginia, _ _ _ [Bb] North Carolina, [Fm] how did it go?
_ There I met a fine young [Bb] woman, _ _ [Fm] though her name I did not know. _ _
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_ _ _ Her hair was [D] black and [Eb] curly, _ _ _ [Fm] her cheeks were a chestnut red.
On her breast she wore [Cm] white [Eb] linen, _ _
[Fm] there I longed to lay my head. _
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_ _ _ I'd rather be in some [Eb] dark hollow, _ _ [Fm] where the sun don't ever _ shine.
Than to see you with some [Eb] other, _ _ [Fm] and to know that you'd never be mine. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ But I must leave old [D] North [Eb] Carolina, _ _ [Fm] I must leave you all alone. _
I'm gonna cross that Blue Ridge [Eb] Mountains, _ _ [Fm] East Kentucky will be my home. _ _ _ _ _ _
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When I was lost out on the [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Fm] wild dove moaning in the air,
I missed that gal from North [Cm] Carolina, [Eb] _ _ [Fm] her dark brown eyes and her cold black hair. _ _
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_ When I'm asleep and I [D] dream about [Eb] her, _ _ [Fm] when I'm awake I see no rest.
Every _ moment seems [D] like an [Eb] hour, _ _
[Fm] many a tear or a _ rushing.
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I've kept each of your [Eb] letters, _ [Fm] I hold them closely to my heart.
_ But this ring that you [D] gave me, [Eb] darling, _ _ [Fm] from my hand shall never fall. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Captain, Captain, I am [Eb] dying, _ _ [Fm] won't you take these words for me? _ _
Take them back to East [G] [Eb] Virginia, _ _ [Fm] tell my darling she is free. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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