Chords for Stephen Foster's- VIRGINIA BELLE-1851-Performed by Tom Roush

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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ Fairer than [G] the golden [D] morning, Gentle [Bm] as the tongue [Em] [A] can tell,
[D] _ Was our [G] little laughing [D] darling, [Bm] _ [A] Sweet Virginia [D] _
Belle.
_ [A] Bright Virginia [D] _
Belle, [Em] Our dear Virginia [D] _
_ [A] Belle,
[D] She berapped [G] us when [D] she left [Bm] us, Sweet [A] Virginia [D] _
[A] Belle.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] How we used [G] to roam [D] together, Over [Bm] the mountain, [Em]
through [A] the dell,
[D] In the smiles [G] of [D] springtime weather, [Bm] _ [A] Sweet [D] Virginia Belle.
_ [A] _ Bright Virginia [D] _
Belle, [Em] Our [Bm] dear Virginia [D] _
[A] Belle,
_ [D] She berapped [G] us when [D] she left [Bm] us, Sweet [A] Virginia [D] _
[A] Belle.
[D] She _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ [D] _ was light [G] as any [D] fairy, _ [Bm] Winning hearts [Em] with [A] fairies fell,
[D] _ Tripping with [G] the [D] footstep [Bm] airy, [A] Sweet [D] Virginia Belle.
_ [A] _ Bright [D] Virginia Belle, [Em] Our dear [Bm] [D] Virginia [A] Belle,
_ [D] _ She berapped [G] us when [D] she left [Bm] us, [A] Sweet [D] Virginia [B] Belle.
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_ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ While her [A] life was in [E] its mourning, [C#m] Came a [F#m] sad and [B] solemn [E] knell,
She was [A] taken with that [E] warning, [C#m] _ [B] Sweet [E] Virginia Belle.
_ [B] _ Bright [E] Virginia Belle, _ [F#m] Our dear [B] Virginia Belle,
_ [E] She _ [A] berapped us when [E] she [C#m] left us, Sweet [B] Virginia [E] Belle.
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _
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