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