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