Artist: The Rolling Stones
Song: Sweet Virginia (Live) In Texas, 1972
Written: Jagger & Richards (1972)
Album: Exile On Main Street - Remastered (2010)
URL's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIfQipkkOqs;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_on_Main_St.;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Virginia
Tempo: Andante (or Country Shuffle)
Method: Played as down-up strokes,with emphasis on the lowest four strings (DGBe)
Author: Tab annotated by rikigo [grosserr@gmail.com]
Tuning: Standard
Capo 2
Chords:
EADGBe
332010
A X02220
320033
323003
XX0232
(Moderato acoustic lead lick & harmonica over)
Wadin' through the waste stormy winter,
And there's not a friend to help you through.
Tryin' to stop the waves behind your eyeballs,(Aha!)
Drop your reds, drop your greens and blues.
Thank you for your wine, California,
Thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits.
Yes, I got the desert in my toenail, (Aha)
And I hid your speed inside my boot.
Wow! Come on, come on down Sweet Virginia,
I want you come on, come on down, I beg of you.
I want you come on, come on down, you got it in you. (Aha!)
Got to scrape the shit right off you shoes.
Mick Jagger: "Come on, Bobby Womack! Let's (do it) one-time. Bring it home in Texas!"
INSTRUMENTAL: (Sax over)
Come on, come on down Sweet Virginia,
Come on, come on down, I beg of you.
Come on, come on down, you got it in you. (Aha!)
Got to scrape that shit right off you shoes.
Mick Jagger: "Do it one time, 'come on' - as I'm talking!"
Come on, come on down Sweet Virginia,
Come on, come on down, I beg of you.
Come on, come on down, you got it in you. (Aha!)
Got to scrape the shit right off you sho-hoo-es.
Mick Jagger: "Alright!, alright!"
Offstage: "Let's Go Now."
[End]
Notes:
1. This is how I hear it and suspect that it was performed, hence this differs from any previous versions.
2. The transition from to involves the LH ring finger moving it's position (320033 to 323003).
3. "(The 'Exile On Mainstreet') re-release has a highest normalised rating of 100 on Metacritic based on
seven professional reviews, a distinction it shares with other re-releases such as London Calling by
The Clash. In 2012, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_on_Main_St