Levi

[G]. [D]. [C]. [Am].  ( walk down [C] to [Am] throughout song)

[G]Born up on the Blue Rid[D]ge at the Carolina line   [C]                [Am]
[G]Baptized on the banks of [D]the New River              [C]
[G]Brought up on the bluegrass,[D] and clear moon shine      [C]                   [Am]
[G]Tough as iron, but a heart a[D]s soft as leather           [C]

[G]Levi[C],     [Am]lord, lord, [D]lord the shot him down     [G]
[C]  [Am]   10,000[D] miles from a southern town        [G]
[C]  [Am]     [D]Oh [G]Levi

[G]Like fire on a mounta[D]in, running wild in those days     [C]                [Am]
[G]Playing knights of the golden horse shoe and [D]Indian raids            [C]
[G]Now it's parachutes and combat boots a[D]nd camouflaged airplanes     [C]                         [Am]
[G]And a country boy who don't belong in [D]the desert anyway                     [C]

[G]Levi[C],     [Am]lord, lord, [D]lord the shot him down     [G]
[C]  [Am]   10,000[D] miles from a southern town        [G]
[C]  [Am]     [D]Oh [G]Levi

[Bm]Well the sand box sure gets lonesome
[Em]Ands 109 degrees
[Bm]Singing carry me back to Virginia
[C]Lord I'm down here on my knees

[G]In a market square where the [D]bells were ringing loud to fill the air     [C]                     [Am]
[G]Levi gazed his eyes ou[D]t to the rocket glare   [C]
[G]Beyond the desert and the ocean, to the f[D]arthest fields of home[C]                       [Am]
[G]And when the bullets pierced his [D]body he was already gone              [C]

[G]Levi[C],     [Am]lord, lord, [D]lord the shot him down     [G]
[C]  [Am]   10,000[D] miles from a southern town        [G]
[C]  [Am]     [D]Oh [G]Levi