Intro:  G. D. C. Am.  ( walk down C5 to A5 throughout song)

G.                     D.                        C.           A5
Born up on the Blue Ridge at the Carolina line
G.                       D.                         C5
Baptized on the banks of the New River
G.                          D.                         C.           A5
Brought up on the bluegrass, and clear moon shine
G.                          D.                          C5
Tough as iron, but a heart as soft as leather

G.  C.    Am.         D.                         G5
Levi,     lord, lord, lord the shot him down
C5 - Am.      D.                                 G5
     10,000 miles from a southern town
C5 - Am.  D. G5
       Oh Levi

G.                   D.                                 C.         A5
Like fire on a mountain, running wild in those days
G.                                           D.                      C5
Playing knights of the golden horse shoe and Indian raids
G.                                    D.                           C.                  A5
Now it's parachutes and combat boots and camouflaged airplanes
G.                                    D.                                    C5
And a country boy who don't belong in the desert anyway

G.  C.    Am.         D.                         G5
Levi,     lord, lord, lord the shot him down
C5 - Am.      D.                                 G5
     10,000 miles from a southern town
C5 - Am.  D. G5
       Oh Levi


B5
Well the sand box sure gets lonesome
E5
Ands 109 degrees
B5
Singing carry me back to Virginia
C5
Lord I'm down here on my knees

G.                           D.                                          C.              A5
In a market square where the bells were ringing loud to fill the air
G.                    D.                      C5
Levi gazed his eyes out to the rocket glare
G.                                       D.                    C.                     A5
Beyond the desert and the ocean, to the farthest fields of home
G.                               D.                                    C5
And when the bullets pierced his body he was already gone

G.  C.    Am.         D.                         G5
Levi,     lord, lord, lord the shot him down
C5 - Am.      D.                                 G5
     10,000 miles from a southern town
C5 - Am.  D. G5
       Oh Levi