D D D G | D D A A | D D D G | D A D - | [Verse] D G Oh I come from the valley, I'm a rebel boy D A Born on the banks of the Shenandoah D G In sixty-one, I went to the war, D A D To win one for Virginia! D G Ya my brother went first and they called me too D A I was green as clover in the morning dew D G So I marched to the drum and I sang to the tune D A D Carry me back to Virginia! [Bridge] A D Fire in the cannon, water in the well, G A Raced through the valley with a rebel yell A D G A I learned right quick how to march like hell and affix that bayonet. [Chorus] D G Won't ya carry me back? D G Won't ya carry me back? D A D Carry me back to Virginia [Verse] D G With a sword and a saddle, powder in the gun D A We thought for a minute our fight was done D G So they lined us up with the medals on , D A D And hammered us into the quicksand D G Then they burned that valley in a blaze of fire, D A Cut through the lands like a red hot iron D G Til we ran for cover where the horses piled, D A D Then we shivered in the cold against them [Bridge] A D But the war raged on like flames of hell, G A We dug through the pockets of the ones who fell, A D Dressed in rags and we ate like rats G A When they cut off our legs we cried! [Chorus] D G Won't ya carry me back? D G Won't ya carry me back? D A D Carry me back to Virginia D G Won't ya carry me back? D G Won't ya carry me back? D A D Carry me back to Virginia [Alternative Verse] D Then we died in the valley, G Died in the swamp, D A On the banks of the river where the whitetail jump D Died in the ditches, G Died in the fields, D A In the belly of a wagon ‘fore our wounds were healed D Died in the wards, G Starved in the camps D A Locked in the prison so mean and rank D G Spilled our blood in the fight to defend D A And they buried us all over Dixieland! [Alternative Bridge] A Down in Alabama, D Down in Caroline, G A Way down in Georgie, on the Tennessee line A D We fought for the rebels, and Robert E. Lee, G A Now we want to go home to Virginia G A Say we want to go home to Virginia! [Chorus] D G Won't ya carry me back? D G Won't ya carry me back? D A D Carry me back to Virginia D G Won't ya carry me back? D G Won't ya carry me back? D A D I wanna be buried in Virginia