Hey Porter chords by
Earl Scruggs

N/A

Key: B major

Intro 1

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

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

Interlude 1

yell.

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

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

Interlude 2

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

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsC D Cm G F

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