C                      G
You think you'll find some mountains
   Am      Em
In western Colorado
Em    D        G     C
Fifty weeks of snowy peaks
   Am                 Em
Is where you're gonna be
    C              G              Am       Em
But babe the Rocky Mountains are gradually eroding
    Em        D         G        C
The hills of Coors are nothing more
     D               G
Than Blue Ridge wannabes

[Verse]

G
A turkey on its belly
  C               G
A chicken on its back
G
Anyway you look at it
        D
You'll find her on the map
    C               G
She revels in the seasons
   Am                     Em
Shakes hands with the north
Em        D/F#    G            Am             D
Hugs the land of dixie while dancing on the porch

[Verse]
       
         G
You think that autumns in new england
        C
Are the greatest of them all
    G                               D
But give me sweet Virginia for the fireworks of fall
    C                     Am             Em
The prettiest October in all the fifty states
      Em      D/F#    C
Just drive up to the skyline
D                    G
Park the car and wait

[Pre-Chorus]
   C            G
So grow up, Colorado
   C              G
Excuse me, Tennessee
   C                      G     Em
If you don't mind, North Caroline
        Am             D
Here's where I want to be

[Chorus]

G
When you're talking home
             C     G
You mean the old dominion
Em          D/F#   G            F            C
Just southeast of heaven to the surf and the hills
          C                G
She's the best of thirteen sisters
    Am           Em
And thirty-seven more
Em     D/F#     G      C      D            G
Sweet, sweet Virginia always keeps an open door

[Verse]

G
They're fiddlin' in Galax
C             G
Pickin' up in Floyd
    G
And in the land of Patsy Cline
        D
There's songs you can't avoid
            C             G
When you're walking after midnight
  Am              Em
I fall to pieces, too
    Em    D/F#    G                Am              D
I'm crazy back in baby's arms with sweet dreams of you

[Verse]

        G
They're sailing down in Norfolk
C             G
Skiing up in Bryce
G                               D
Climbing up the Devil's Stairs against the ranger's advice
        C             G          Am         Em
They're harvesting in Loudoun to Shenandoah winds
    Em         D/F#  G          D                        G
And in the land near Washington they're rooting for the 'skins
 G         D   G
(Fight for old D.C.!)

[Pre-Chorus]

   C            G
So grow up, Colorado
   C              G
Excuse me, Tennessee
   C                      G    Em
If you don't mind, North Caroline
         Am            D
Here's where I want to be

[Chorus]

G
When you're talking home
             C     G
You mean the old dominion
Em         D/F#    G             F           C
Just southeast of heaven to the surf and the hills
          C                G
She's the best of thirteen sisters
    Am           Em
And thirty-seven more
Em     D/F#     G      C     D             G
Sweet, sweet Virginia always keeps an open door

[Bridge]

F              G
Pack up your Impala
    F                  G
And make your move out west
F                   G
Past the Blue Ridge mountains
       D                   C
You'll find you passed the best
    F                     G
And when your dreams have ended
      F                G
Where mountains are concerned
F                 G         D               C
Me and sweet Virginia will await for your return

[Chorus]

G
When you're talking home
             C      G
You mean the old dominion
Em         D/F#    G            F            C
Just southeast of heaven to the surf and the hills
          C                  G
She's the best of thirteen sisters
    Am           Em
And thirty-seven more
Em     D/F#     G     C      D             G
Sweet, sweet Virginia always keeps an open door

[Chorus]

N.C.
When you're talking home
N.C.
You mean the old dominion
N.C.
Just southeast of heaven to the surf and the hills
N.C.
She's the best of thirteen sisters
N.C.
And thirty-seven more
N.C.
Sweet, sweet Virginia always keeps an open door
N.C.
Sweet, sweet Virginia always keeps an open door

[Outro]

N.C.
Sweet, sweet Virginia always keeps an open door
N.C.
Sweet, sweet Virginia always keeps an open door