Verse: D#7 G# Way down in Virginia D#7 A# Amongst the tall grown sugar canes D#7 G# Lived a simple man and a domineering hen A# D#7 And a rose of a different name D#7 G# The first time i fell lightly D#7 A# I was standing in the drizzling rain D#7 G# With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin A# D#7 And a rose of a different name Chorus: D#7 G# The devil made me do it the first time D#7 A# The second time i done it on my own D#7 G# Lord put a handle on a simple handed man A# D#7 And help me leave that black rose alone Verse: D#7 G# When the devil made that woman D#7 A# Lord she threw the pattern away D#7 G# She was built for speed with the tools you need A# D#7 To make a new fool every day D#7 G# Way down deep and dirty D#7 A# On the darker side of shame D#7 G# I caught a cane cuttinʼ man with a bottle of gin A# D#7 With a rose of a different name Chorus. x2
