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