Capo 1
Intro: D  G  Em  A  D  G  Em  A
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I grew up in the kind of place you have to pass when travelin' somewhere else.
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My mother laughed more than she cried, but when she cried, well it was something everyone felt.
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Virginia I am baffled by the echoes, I've been defend by the sounds
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Of that place where they say we should dream of Heaven and keep our feet right on the ground

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And I don't know if this is where we're meant to be
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Hey, Virginia, won't you spend your days with me.

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I dreamt of skies of quiet blue that laid to rest the pain of darker days
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And my dreams collide with subway cars, but in my heart I knew that I was frightened for a change
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And the morning paints the bedroom in a faded gray, my hands remember yours.
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I drank because I could not sleep, now I can't sleep 'cause I don't drink no more

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And I don't know if this is where we're meant to be
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Hey, Virginia, won't you spend your days with me.

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New York ain't so pretty, New York ain't so strange
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Soon we'll both forget our alibis and maybe we could find a way to change

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And I don't know if this is where we're meant to be
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And I don't know if this is where we're meant to be
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And I don't know if this is where we're meant to be
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Hey, Virginia, won't you spend your days with me.
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Won't you spend your days with me.