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
         X02020
          320033
         323003
          XX0232


Intro:(Moderato acoustic lead lick & harmonica over)
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VERSE 1:
           
Wadin' through

            
 the waste sto

          
rmy winter,
           
And there's no

            
t a friend to 

             
help you throu

   
gh.
           
Tryin' to stop

            
 the waves beh

             
ind your eyeba

     
lls,(Aha!)
             
Drop your reds

             
, drop your gr

             
eens and blues

  
.


VERSE 2:
           
Thank you for 

            
your wine, Cal

        
ifornia,
           
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.


CHORUS 1: (Lead Sax over)
           
Wow!  Come on,

            
 come on down 

             
Sweet Virginia

  
,
           
I want you com

            
e on, come on 

              
down, I beg of

    
 you.
           
I want you com

            
e on, come on 

              
down, you got 

           
it in you. (Ah


a!)
             
Got to scrape 

             
the shit right

          
 off you shoes

 
.


Mick Jagger: “Come on, Bobby Keys!  Let’s (do it) one-time.  Bring it home in Texas!”


INSTRUMENTAL: (Sax over)
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CHORUS 2:
           
Come on, come 

            
on down Sweet 

        
Virginia,
           
Come on, come 

            
on down, I beg

        
 of you.
           
Come on, come 

            
on down, you g

             
ot it in you. 


(Aha!)
             
Got to scrape 

             
that shit righ

          
t off you shoe

   
s.


Mick Jagger: “Do it one time, ‘come on’ - as I’m talking!”


CHORUS 3 & CODA:
           
Come on, come 

            
on down Sweet 

        
Virginia,
           
Come on, come 

            
on down, I beg

       
 of you.
           
Come on, come 

            
on down, you g

             
ot it in you. 

 
(Aha!)
             
Got to scrape 

             
the shit right

          
 off you sho-h

   
oo-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 G to G7 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