Chords for Rockin' Chair - The Band (The Band 8 of 12)

[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Hang around _ Willie boy, _
[Bb] _ don't you raise [Gm] the sails [F] anymore _ _ Sure _ _ _
[Dm] I've spent my [F] whole [G] life at sea _
[Bb] And I'm pushing [Dm] _ [G] 873
_ Now [Eb] there's only [Gm] one place [C] that was meant for me
[D] _ [Em] _ [F] _ To be home [Bb] again
_ Down in old [F] Virginia
_ With my very [Bb] best friend
They call them [F] ragtime Willie
We're gonna soothe [Bb] away the rest of our years
[F]
We're gonna put [Bb] away all of our tears [Dm] that big rockin chair [G] won't go _ nowhere
_ _ [F] Slow _ down _ Willie boy
_ [Bb] Your heart's [Gm] gonna give right out [C] on [F] you _ It's true
And [D] I believe I [F] know what [G] we should do
_ [Bb] Turn [Dm] the stern [G] and point to shore
[Eb] These seven [Gm] seas won't [C] carry us no more
[G] _ [F] _ _
To be home [Bb] again _
[Gm] Down in old Virginia
[F] _ [Dm] With [F] my very [Bb] best friend
They call [Gm] them ragtime Willie
[F] I can't wait [Bb] to sniff that air
[F] Nip and snuff I [Bb] won't have no care
[Dm] That big rockin chair [G] won't go nowhere
[F] _ _ _
[D] Hear _ _ _ [F] _ the [Dm] sound _ [F] Willie boy
[Bb] The _ [Gm] flying Dutchman's on the [F] reef
And I'm pushing 873
It's my belief
[Am] We [Dm] used up [F]
[G] all our time
_ [Bb] This hill's [Dm] too steep [G] to climb
And [Eb] the days [Gm] that remain [C] ain't worth the time
[C] _ [F] _
To be home [Bb] again
_ Down in old [F] Virginia _ _
[Dm] With [F] my very [Bb] best friend
They call them [F] ragtime Willie
Would have been nice [Bb] just to see the folks
[F] Listen once again [Bb] to the state old joke
[Dm] That big rockin chair [G] won't go [C] nowhere
[F] _ I _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ can hear something calling on [Gm] me
_ And you know where I wanna [F] be
Oh Willie don't you wanna [Bb] be
_ In [Gm] old Virginia
[F] I just wanna get my feet back [Bb] on the _ ground
Down in old Virginia
[F] With _ my very [Bb] best friend
They call them _ ragtime Willie
[F] I believe old Rockin chair's got [Gm] me
To be home again _ _
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