Originally titled Midnight Plane to Houston,
Jim Weatherly composed Midnight Train to Georgia
CAPO 3
C G/B F/A G x2
C G/B F/A G C G/B F/A G
L.A… proved too much for the girl
C G/B F/A D G G7
So she's leavin'… the life she's come to know
C G/B F/A G C G/B F/A G
So she's goin' back to find… what's left of her world
C G/B F/A D G G7
The world she left behind… not so long ago
C G/B F/A G C G/B F/A G
She's leavin'… on that midnight train to Georgia
C G/B F/A D G G7
Said she's goin' back… to a simpler place and time
C G/B F/A G Am D7
I'll be with her… on that midnight train to Georgia
F G C G/B F/A G
I'd rather live in her world… than live without her in mine
C G/B F/A G
C G/B F/A G C G/B F/A G
She kept dreamin'… someday she'd be a star
C G/B F/A D G G7
But she found out the hard way… some dreams don't come true
C G/B F/A G C G/B F/A G
So she's pawned all her hopes… and she sold her car
C G/B F/A D G G7
And bought a one-way ticket back… to the life she once knew
C G/B F/A G C G/B F/A G
She's leavin'… on that midnight train to Georgia
C G/B F/A D G G7
Said she's goin' back… to a simpler place and time
C G/B F/A G Am D7
I'll be with her… on that midnight train to Georgia
F G C G/B F/A G
I'd rather live in her world… than live without her in mine
C G/B F/A G
[INSTRUMENTAL OVER VERSE CHORDS]
C G/B F/A G C G/B F/A G
She's leavin'… on that midnight train to Georgia
C G/B F/A D G G7
Said she's goin' back… to a simpler place and time
C G/B F/A G Am D7
I'll be with her… on that midnight train to Georgia
F G C G/B F/A G
I'd rather live in her world… than live without her in mine
F G C G/B F/A G
I'd rather live in her world… than live without her in mine
C G/B F/A G C
