Words and Music by Jim Weatherly
INTRO
Eb Gm7 Ab Bb Eb Gm7 Ab Bb
Eb Gm7 Ab Bb Eb Gm7 Ab Bb
L.A. proved too much for the man,
Bb Eb Eb7 Cm F# Fm7 Bb
So he's leavin' the life he's come to know,
Bb Eb Gm7 Ab
He said he's goin' back to find
Bb Eb Gm7 Ab
Ooh, what's left of his world,
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The world he left behind
F# Fm7 Bb
Not so long ago.
Eb Gm7
He's leaving,
Ab Bb Eb Gm7 Ab
On that midnight train to Georgia,
Bb Eb Eb7 Cm
And he's goin' back
Cm F# Fm7 Bb
To a simpler place and time.
Bb Eb Gm7
And I'll be with him
Ab Bb Eb Gm7 Ab
On that midnight train to Georgia,
Bb Eb Cm
I'd rather live in his world
Fm7 Bb7 Eb
Than live without him in mine.
Bb Eb Gm7
He kept dreamin'
Ab Bb Eb Gm7 Ab
That someday he'd be a star.
Bb Eb Eb7 Cm
But he sure found out the hard way
F# Fm7 Bb
That dreams don't always come true.
Eb Gm7 Ab
So he pawned all his hopes
Bb Eb Gm7 Ab
and he even sold his old car
Bb Eb Eb7 Cm
Bought a one way ticket back
F# Fm7
To the life he once knew,
Bb7
Oh yes he did,
Eb Gm7
He said he would Be leavin
Ab Bb Eb Gm7 Ab
On that midnight train to Georgia,
Bb Eb Eb7 Cm
And he's goin' back
Cm F# Fm7
To a simpler place and time.
Bb Eb Gm7
And I'll be with him
Ab Bb Eb Gm7 Ab
On that midnight train to Georgia,
Bb Eb Cm
I'd rather live in his world
Fm7 Bb7 Eb
Than live without him in mine.
Eb Gm7 Ab Bb
Go, gonna board, gonna board,
Eb Gm7 Ab Bb
Gonna board the midnight train.
Eb Gm7 Ab Bb
Gotta go, gonna board
Ab Bb
Gonna board
Eb Gm7 Ab Bb
Gonna board the midnight train
(repeat, fade)
An F. K. Tab,,,,Enjoy!!!!!!
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