The Lees Of Old Virginia by Ron Holgate, Sherman Edwards
Key: CC | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


 
C                 Am
My name is Richard Henry Lee
F             G
Virginia is my home
C                 Am
My name is Richard Henry Lee
F             G
Virginia is my home
G         C              Am
And may my horses turn to glue
Am   F                  G
If I can't deliver up to you
G        F         G         C
The resol-ution on independen-cy
 
C
For I am FFV
C   Am
The first family
Am     G
In the sovereign colony
G  C
Of Virginia
C
Yes, the FFV
C   Am
The oldest family
Am    G
In the oldest colony
G  C
In America
G          C               Am
And may the British burn my land
Am   F                    G
If I can't deliver to your hand
G        C        G           C
The resol-ution on independen-cy
 
G            C           Am
You see, it's here a Lee, there a Lee
   F            G
And everywhere a Lee, a Lee
C
Social Lee!
Am
Political Lee!
F
Financial Lee!
G
Natural Lee!
C
Internal Lee!
Am
External Lee!
F
Fraternal Lee!
G
Eternal Lee!
 
C
The FFV
C   Am
The first family
Am    G
In the sovereign colony
G  C
Of Virginia
G         C             Am
And may my wife refuse my bed
Am   F                  G
If I can't deliver, as I said
G        C         G         C
The resol-ution on independen-cy
 
C                  Am
They say that God in heaven
  F            G
Is everybody's God
     C                Am
I'll admit that God in heaven
 F            G
Is everybody's God
G     C                  Am
But I tell you John, with pride
Am  F                    G
God leans a little on the side
G      F         G          C
Of the Lees, the Lees of old Virginia
 
G            C           Am
You see, it's here a Lee, there a Lee
   F            G
And everywhere a Lee, a Lee
C          Am
Here a Lee, there a Lee
   F           G
And everywhere a Lee, a Lee
G
Look out there's:
C
Arthur Lee!
Am
Bobby Lee!
    F                  G
And General Lighthorse Harry Lee!
C
Willy Lee!
Am
Jesse Lee!
F
And Richard H.?
G
That's me!
G         C                  Am
And may my blood stop running blue
Am   F                  G
If I can't deliver up to you
G        F         G          C
The resol-ution on independen-cy
 
F           G
Yes, sir, by God it's
C           Am
Here a Lee, there a Lee
F             G
Come on, boys, join in with me!
C           Am
Here a Lee, there a Lee
 
F
 When do you leave? 
Richard Henry Lee:
G
 Immediate-Lee! 
C           Am
Here a Lee, there a Lee
Benjamin Franklin:
F
 When do you return? 
Richard Henry Lee:
G
 Short-Lee! 
C           Am
Here a Lee, there a Lee
F                  G
And I'll come back triumphant-Lee!
C           Am
Here a Lee, there a Lee
F           G
Everywhere a Lee, a Lee
C    G   F    F F C
Forward, ho!