Intro: C5   F5   G5

Verse:
C5 
slept high up in the Rockies
         F5            G5            C5   F5   C5      
set my clock for californ-i-ey-aye
      E5                              F5
and i dreamed up somethin special to give that ocean
          G5            C5   F5   C5
man, she cuffs me anyway


so i?m banking on virginia
to keep me calm and clear and straight
just like clock work seems to tell us
with every passing storm there?s just a harder hail


Chorus:
    A5  C5  C5         A5  C5  C5
so light my way, Virginia May
     C5                                G5
i can?t sit still, just pace across this hallway
         A5  C5   C5
we spent all this time
        A5  C5  C5
just trading crimes,
            G5
while the tune-smith packed a lunch,
          F5                C5      F5   C5
he?s headed down the coastline

C5   F5   G5     C5  F5  C5


there?s a loneliness thats blowin
well i heard it from the radio man
he?s been locked up in the belfry
listening close, to a string upon a can

me, i?m sailin on to that savior,
she?s a pilgrim living on the modern time
and ever since i found her magic
now every car or cloud that passes is a sign

light my way, Virginia May
i can?t sit still just pace across this hallway
we spent all this time
just trading crimes

and i?m saving all my sleep for another life
i?m saving all my sleep for another life.