East Virginia

by Appalachian folk song Joan Baez · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

EAST VIRGINIA
Appalachian folk song
Joan Baez
Key: Am

-5 -6  -6  6   -7  -66 -5 5-4 
I was born in east Vir-gin-ia
-5     6  6  6 -4 -5 6   -6
North Car-o-lin-a I did roam
-6  -7  -8 -7-6 -7  -6  -6   6  6
There I met a fair pret-ty maid-en
6    -6  -7  -6  5 6  -5 5 -4
Her name and age I do not know


Her hair it was of a brightsome color
And her lips of a ruby red
On her breast she wore white lilies
There I longed to lay my head

Well in my heart you are my darling
And at my door you're welcome in
At my gate I'll meet you my darling
If your love I could only win

I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun refused to shine
Than to see you another man's darling
And to know that you'll never be mine

Well in the night I'm dreaming about you
In the day I find no rest
Just the thought of you my darling
Sends aching pains all through my breast

Well when I'm dead and in my coffin
With my feet turned toward the sun
Come and sit beside me darling
Come and think on the way you done

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound