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[Capo 1; each chord is half a measure.]
[Em7 is 022030, G is 320003. The D's might be D7's.]
[In the intro, play a quick Gsus4 (3x0013) in the middle of the G.]
DO MIm7 FA SOL
intro
DO MIm7 FA SOL
Mmmmm, L. A.
DO MIm7 FA SOL
Proved too much for the man (too much for the man)
DO MIm7 FA RE SOL SOL SOL7 SOL7
(He couldn't make it) So he's leaving a life he's come to know
DO MIm7 FA SOL
(He said he's going) Said he's going back to find (going back to find)
DO MIm7 FA SOL-Gsus4-G
What's left of his world
DO MIm7 FA RE SOL SOL SOL7 SOL7
A world he left behind not so very long ago, oh yeah
DO MIm7 FA SOL
He's leaving (leaving) on that midnight train to
DO MIm7 FA SOL
Georgia (leaving on a midnight train), oh yeah
DO MIm7 FA RE
Said he's going back to find (he's going back to find)
SOL SOL SOL7 SOL7
A simpler place and time
(and, when he takes that ride, guess who's gonna be right by his side)
DO MIm7 FA SOL
I'll be with him (I know you will) on that midnight train to Georgia
LAm LAm RE RE
(Leaving on the midnight train to Georgia... woo woo!)
F F G [stop]
I'd rather live in his world (live in his...) than live without him in mine
DO MIm7 FA SOL
(background voices: something about "his world")
He kept dreaming (dreaming)
That one day he'd be a star (a superstar, but he didn't get far)
Well he sure found out the hard way
Dreams don't always come true (dreams don't always come true, uh-uh, no, uh-uh)
So he [?????????] his house [?], and he even sold his old car [???]
And bought a one-way ticket back
To the life that he once he knew, oh yes he did, he said he would
I know he's leaving on that midnight train to
Georgia (leaving on a midnight train), oh yeah
Said he's going back to find (he's going back to find)
A simpler place and time (...guess who's gonna be right by his side)
I've got to be with him (I know you will) on that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on the midnight train to Georgia... woo woo!)
I'd rather live in his world (live in his...) than live without him in mine
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