F#m 200233
Em7 022033


[Verse 1]
G
I don't know what went wrong
                                  Cadd9
I ain't known you that long to begin with
              G                                           Cadd9
Leave the rocks in the road, stay away from the river, Virginia
            G
There's not much you can do 'cept wait on a train
         Cadd9                 F#m
When the road gullies out in a Biblical rain
    G                                         Cadd9  F#m
And that's how it's been ever since I can remember

G  Cadd9  F#m

[Verse 2]
G
I'm not too keen of mind
                                Cadd9
I don't pick up on signs like I ought to
     G
So I won't sweat the cost
                                 Cadd9
Of the coffee or the wine that I bought you
          G
With your emptied out nest, your chicks have all flew
        Cadd9               F#m
There's nobody left to take care of but you
        G
And you don't know how to just be
            Cadd9       F#m
No one ever taught you
            Em7
And I can't find much to say
       G                              Cadd9
As you play with that loose strand of hair
       Em7                     G
If you had you a tail you'd be twitching it
         Cadd9               F#m
And I'vе got to get over the scarе


[Chorus]
             G
And tell you no
             Cadd9 F#m
And tell you no
             G
And tell you no
         Cadd9 F#m
Tell you no

G  Cadd9  F#m

[Verse 3]
      G                                         Cadd9
Never saw such a cold day in June did you ever, Virginia?
       G                                               Cadd9
In our young days the old people called it 'Blackberry Winter'
       G
As the mail plane goes out at a slow rate of climb
     Cadd9                          F#m
This cold rain don't help with your low state of mind
        G
Hanging down like the fog on the ridge
                      Cadd9  F#m
You can't tell what's in it
        Em7
And you stare me down hard
        G                 Cadd9
And you ask me why I even care
     Em7                  G
It's not that I'm any Sir Galahad
           Cadd9                F#m
There just needs to be somebody there


[Chorus]
            G
To tell you no
            Cadd9 F#m
To tell you no
            G
To tell you no
            Cadd9 F#m
To tell you no


[Instrumental Break]


[Verse 4]
     G                                                      Cadd9
Your bags are all packed, you're not coming back that's for certain
        G                                                  Cadd9
And the landlady won't like the stains on the rugs and the curtains
             G
Well, that's just wear and tear such as happens in life
    Cadd9                     F#m
But folks around here live to gossip and gripe
     G
So I won't tell a soul
                                 Cadd9     F#m
What they'll never know'll never hurt 'em
    Em7                    G                       Cadd9
And I found the letter you left at the foot of the stairs
    Em7                        G
And I heard the horn blow, the train's pulling out
  Cadd9                  F#m
I hope you find somebody there


[Chorus]
            G
To tell you no
            Cadd9 F#m
To tell you no
            G
To tell you no
            Cadd9 F#m
To tell you no


[Outro]
          G                                               Cadd9  G
Leave the rocks in the road, stay away from the river, Virginia