Verse: F7 A# Way down in Virginia F7 C Amongst the tall grown sugar canes F7 A# Lived a simple man and a domineering hen C F7 And a rose of a different name F7 A# The first time i fell lightly F7 C I was standing in the drizzling rain F7 A# With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin C F7 And a rose of a different name Chorus: F7 A# The devil made me do it the first time F7 C The second time i done it on my own F7 A# Lord put a handle on a simple handed man C F7 And help me leave that black rose alone Verse: F7 A# When the devil made that woman F7 C Lord she threw the pattern away F7 A# She was built for speed with the tools you need C F7 To make a new fool every day F7 A# Way down deep and dirty F7 C On the darker side of shame F7 A# I caught a cane cuttinʼ man with a bottle of gin C F7 With a rose of a different name Chorus. x2
