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[Verse 1]

D                                      A7
How many roses have faded and died, Virginia
A7                                                D
How many tears since I've walked by your side, Virginia
G
Too many moonlights have come and gone
D
Too man sunups and too many sundowns
A7                                         D
Too many teardrops and too many roses have died

[Verse 2]

D                                   A7
I'm like I was, sad like the day we parted
A7                                         D
I'm just the same, lonely and still broken-hearted
G
Maybe I'm older but nothing is changed
D
Love grows no colder, I still feel the same
A7                                                   D
Life has been empty, but I've learned to live it, Virginia

[Chorus]

       A7                                                D
Oh, Virginia, when will I stop loving you, will it go on forever
       A7                                                            D      D/E D/F#
Oh, Virginia, when will these dreams that I dream of you stop, maybe never
G                                       D
How many times when your vision appears, I've tried to hold you and you disappear
       A7                                                 D
And I find that the arms that once held you are empty, Virginia

[Bridge]

A7 D

[Verse 3]

D                                         A7
How many times have I seen in the sky, Virginia
A7                                       D
One lonely dove as it goes flyin' by, Virginia
G
I'm like the dove as it flies through the blue
D
One mate it chooses, and if it should lose
A7                                               D
It remains lonely, and that's how I'm livin', Virginia

[Chorus]

       A7                                                D
Oh, Virginia, when will I stop loving you, will it go on forever
       A7                                                            D      D/E D/F#
Oh, Virginia, when will these dreams that I dream of you stop, maybe never
G                                       D
How many times when your vision appears, I've tried to hold you and you disappear
       A7                                                 D
And I find that the arms that once held you are empty, Virginia