Hey Porter chords by Earl Scruggs

SimplifiedC · D · Cm · G · F

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Hey porter! Hey porter!
Would you tell me the time?
How much longer will it be till we cross
D 
G 
That Ma son Dixon Line?
C 
At daylight would ya tell that engineer
To slow it down?
F 
C 
G 
C 
Or better still, just stop the train,
Cause I wanna look around.

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Verse 2
C 
Hey porter! Hey porter!
What time did ya say?
How much longer will it be till I can
D 
G 
See the light of day?
C 
When we hit Dixie will you tell that engineer
To ring his bell?
F 
And ask everybody that
ain't asleep
C 
F 
G 
C 
To stand right up and

Interlude 1

yell.

Verse 3
C 
Hey porter! Hey porter!
It's getting light outside.
This old train is puffin' smoke,
D 
G 
And I have to strain my eyes.
C 
But ask that engineer if he will
F 
Blow his whistle please.
C 
Cause I smell frost on cotton leaves
G 
C 
And I feel that Southern breeze.

Verse 4
C 
Cm 
Hey porter! Hey porter!
C 
Please get my bags for me.
D 
G 
I  need nobody to tell me now
C 
That we're in Tennessee.
F 
Go tell that engineer to make that
C 
G 
Lonesome whistle scream,
C 
D 
G 
We're not so far from home
C 
Cm 
C 
F 
So take it easy on the steam.

Interlude 2

Verse 5
C 
Cm 
Hey porter! Hey porter!
C 
Please open up the door.
When they stop the train I'm
D 
gonna get off first
G 
Cause I can't wait no more.
C 
F 
Tell that engineer I said thanks alot,
And I didn't mind the fare.
C 
G 
C 
I'm gonna set my feet on Southern soil
And breathe that Southern air.