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From: James T. Morris
SWEET VIRGINIA
by
The Rolling Stones
C A G
Wading through the waste stormy winter
Thank you for your wine California
C A G
and there's not a friend to help you through
thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits
C A G C
Trying to stop the waves behind your eye-balls
Yes I got the desert in my toe-nail
G D G C
Drop your reds drop your greens an blues
And I hid the speed insdie my shoes
C A G
Come on, come on down, Sweet Virginia
C A G
Come on, honey Child I beg of you
C A G C
Come on, come on down, you got it in you
G D7 G C
Got to scrape that shit right off your shoes
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SLUT Badass |
#1 by SLUT at Jan 6, 1970 at 12:19 PM EST |
| i love the song i also love drugs lol | |
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Rosa Wanna Be |
#2 by Rosa Beauchamp at May 27, 1977 at 3:16 AM EST |
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Thomas Average |
#3 by Thomas Reuter at Apr 10, 1981 at 6:08 PM EST |
| yea i love this song......i think its about drugs too...."speed inside my shoe".....but i dont know what "desert in my toenail" is supposed to mean | |
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Braxton Lead Player |
#4 by Braxton Overby at Dec 17, 1985 at 6:46 AM EST |
| "...sweet and bitter fruits." The drugs are good, but this song is about the drugs you found so good turning into "shit" on "your shoes" once you've taken too many. The desert in the toenail, the speed in the shoe - both not only about drugs, but a lifestyle of secrets, lies and hiding that comes along with them. It's not worth it so he's coming down. But I think that's pretty easy to figure out. And, shite, this is just an incredible song. One of my favourites from Exile on Main St. It makes me think of wine glasses sloshing about in slow-motion. | |
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«Rob» Average |
#5 by «Rob» at Aug 25, 1989 at 5:43 PM EST |
| "Trying to stop the waves behind your eyeballs" Is one of the all time great line.....without coming right out and saying it, Mick has taken to much of whatever he is taking, and he is just trying to come down a bit. The deseert in the toe nail line is referance to more dope in the front portion of his shoes. Ugly/beautiful era for the boys.........you decide. | |
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Jon Lead Player |
#6 by Jon Zell at Nov 9, 1990 at 1:56 PM EST |
| Great Stones song that is very under-rated. I love it when he say "got to scrape that shit right off my shoes." Classic stones not this Rough Justice shit. | |
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Jarrett Lead Player |
#7 by Jarrett Sandlin at Apr 7, 1993 at 10:44 PM EST |
| Songs about poppin pills like P-Cubed...and then steppin in pooh. Drop your reds, drop your greens and blues. | |
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Jimmy Rhythm Player |
#8 by Jimmy at Jul 22, 2005 at 12:27 AM EST |
| I wouldn't say its that much about drugs, actually.. I'd say its about going through a rough time in your life and using drugs as a way to hid from that pain... youve got "not a friend to help you through," so, as the beatles would put it, you get by with a little help from your friends. but now someone or a group of people missed the you who has been gone so long, and they're saying to come on back down and be with us, and toss all the stuff youve let drag you down off your back "got to scrape the shit righ' off your shoes." I think this is a song about coming to terms with yourself and moving on after a very long period of darkness. This is my favorite stones song. | |
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jacob Average |
#9 by jacob ap at Oct 15, 2006 at 1:04 AM EST |
| This one is just amazing--the slurred verses, the loud, pleading refrains, the beautiful sax solo.... the best off of Exile On Main Street, except maybe Rocks Off or Tumbling Dice | |
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