Levi Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G. D. C. Am. ( walk down C to Am throughout song)

GBorn up on the Blue RidDge at the Carolina line C Am

GBaptized on the banks of Dthe New River C

GBrought up on the bluegrass,D and clear moon shine C Am

GTough as iron, but a heart aDs soft as leather C

GLeviC, Amlord, lord, Dlord the shot him down G

C Am 10,000D miles from a southern town G

C Am DOh GLevi

GLike fire on a mountaDin, running wild in those days C Am

GPlaying knights of the golden horse shoe and DIndian raids C

GNow it's parachutes and combat boots aDnd camouflaged airplanes C Am

GAnd a country boy who don't belong in Dthe desert anyway C

GLeviC, Amlord, lord, Dlord the shot him down G

C Am 10,000D miles from a southern town G

C Am DOh GLevi

BmWell the sand box sure gets lonesome

EmAnds 109 degrees

BmSinging carry me back to Virginia

CLord I'm down here on my knees

GIn a market square where the Dbells were ringing loud to fill the air C Am

GLevi gazed his eyes ouDt to the rocket glare C

GBeyond the desert and the ocean, to the fDarthest fields of homeC Am

GAnd when the bullets pierced his Dbody he was already gone C

GLeviC, Amlord, lord, Dlord the shot him down G

C Am 10,000D miles from a southern town G

C Am DOh GLevi