Capo on the 3rd fret.
Verse 1:
His daddy was a honest man,a red dirt Georgia farmer
MIHis mama lived a short life having kids and bailing hay
LA RE LAHe had fifteen years of ache inside to wander
He jumped a freight in Waycross and wound up in L.A.
Verse 2:
LA RE LAThe cold nights had no pity on that Waycross Georgia farm boy
Most days he went hungry,then the summer came
LA RE LAHe met a girl known on the strip as San Francisco Mabel Joy
MI LADestitutions child born on an L.A. street called shame
Verse 3:
RE LAGrowing up came quietly in the arms of Mabel Joy
MILaughter found their mornings it brought new meaning to his life
The night before she left sleep came and found that Waycross country boy
MI LAWith dreams of Georgia cotton and California wine
Verse 4:
Sunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
MIA right cross sent him reeling and put him face down on the floor
RE LAInplace of Mabel Joy he found a merchant mad marine
He said your Georgia neck is red,but sonny you're still green
Verse 5:
LA RE LAHe turned twenty-one in grey rock federal prison
The judge had no mercy on this Waycross,Georgia boy
LA RE LAStaring at those four grey wall in silence,Lord he listened
MITo the midnight freight he knew could take him back to Mabel Joy
Verse 6:
RE LASunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
MIWith a bullet in his side he cried,have you seen Mabel Joy
Stunned and shaken someone said she don't live here no more
MIShe left this house four years ago she was looking for
RESome Georgia farm boy
Capo on the 3rd fret.
Verse 1:
His daddy was a honest man,a red
RE LA..dirt Georgia farmer
His mama lived a short life
..having kids and bailing hay
LAHe had fifteen years of ache
RE LA..inside to wander
He jumped a freight in Waycross
MI LA..and wound up in L.A.
Verse 2:
The cold nights had no pity on
RE..that Waycross Georgia farm boy
LA
Most days he went hungry,then the
MI..summer came
LAHe met a girl known on the strip
..as San Francisco Mabel Joy
Destitutions child born on an
MI LA..L.A. street called shame
Verse 3:
REGrowing up came quietly in the
LA..arms of Mabel Joy
Laughter found their mornings it
..brought new meaning to his life
MI
The night before she left sleep
..came and found that Waycross
LA..country boy
With dreams of Georgia cotton and
MI LA..California wine
Verse 4:
Sunday morning found him beneath
LA..the red light at her door
A right cross sent him reeling
..and put him face down on the
MI..floor
REInplace of Mabel Joy he found a
..merchant mad marine
He said your Georgia neck is
MI..red,but sonny you're still green
Verse 5:
LAHe turned twenty-one in grey rock
RE LA.. federal prison
The judge had no mercy on this
MI..Waycross,Georgia boy
LAStaring at those four grey wall
..in silence,Lord he listened
To the midnight freight he knew
MI..could take him back to Mabel Joy
Verse 6:
RESunday morning found him beneath
LA..the red light at her door
With a bullet in his side he
MI..cried,have you seen Mabel Joy
REStunned and shaken someone said
..she don't live here no more
She left this house four years
MI..ago she was looking for
Some Georgia farm boy
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