[1] Have you ever been to Richmond in November
When the [3maj] cold Virginia rain is coming [4] down
Friend I'm here to tell you it's no [1] pleasure
If you're [2maj] all alone and a stranger to the [5] town
Don't [1] take me wrong I do like East Virginia
And [3maj] Richmond's full of hospitali-[4]-ty
Except for one Virginia girl I [1] know of
That made a perfect [5] love wreck out of [1] me

[4] Blue [5] Virginia [1] blues
There [4] ain't no blue like [1] blue Virginia [5] blues
[4] There's no girls in the [5] whole wide world
Could [1] break your heart like Vir-[4]-ginia girls
There [1] ain't no blue like [4] blue Virginia [1] blues

She called me up in St. Paul, Minnesota
Said I need you here in Richmond right away
Take the bus and I'll meet you at the station
Bring some clothes I might want you to stay
My bus pulled in the station late this evening
There's ain't a soul around this place but me
She must have changed her mind or she's forgotten
And her name ain't in the phone directory

I wish I had the money for a taxi
A warm and cozy place to lay me down
Instead of standin' all alone in Richmond
While the cold Virginia rain is comin' down