Levi

[Intro: ]G D C Am G D C Am Born up on the Blue Ridge at the Carolina line G D C Baptized on the banks of the New River G D C Am Brought up on the bluegrass, and clear moon shine G D C Tough as iron, but a heart as soft as leather G C Am D G Levi, lord, lord, lord the shot him down C Am D G 10,000 miles from a southern town C Am D G Oh Levi G D C Am Like fire on a mountain, running wild in those days G D C Playing knights of the golden horse shoe and Indian raids G D C Am Now it's parachutes and combat boots and camouflaged airplanes G D C And a country boy who don't belong in the desert anyway G C Am D G Levi, lord, lord, lord the shot him down C Am D G 10,000 miles from a southern town C Am D G Oh 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 D C Am In a market square where the bells were ringing loud to fill the air G D C Levi gazed his eyes out to the rocket glare G D C Am Beyond the desert and the ocean, to the farthest fields of home G D C And when the bullets pierced his body he was already gone G C Am D G Levi, lord, lord, lord the shot him down C Am D G 10,000 miles from a southern town C Am D G Oh Levi