Hey Porter chords by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson
Verse 1
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Hey Porter, hey Porter,
would you tell me the time?
How much longer will it be
G
C
till we cross that Mason -Dixon line?
F
At daylight,
would you tell that engineer
Bb
to slow it down?
F
Or better still, just stop the train,
C
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cause I want to look around.
Hey Porter, hey Porter,
what time did you say?
How much longer will it be
C
G
C
till I can see the light of day?
F
When we hit Dixie,
Bb
will you tell that engineer to ring his bell?
F
And ask everybody that ain't asleep
C
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to stand right up and yell?
G
C
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Dm
Bb
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Hey porter, hey porter,
C
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it's getting light outside
This old train is puffin' smoke
C
G
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and I have to strain my eyes
F
But ask that engineer
Bb
if he will blow his Whistle please,
F
cause I smell frost on cotton leaves
C
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and I feel that southern breeze
Hey Porter, hey Porter,
please get my bags for me
I need nobody to tell me
G
C
now that we're in Tennessee
F
Go tell that engineer
to make that lonesome whistle scream
Bb
We're not so far from home
F
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so take it easy on the steam
G
C
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Dm
Bb
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Hey Porter, hey Porter,
please open up the door
When they stop this train
I'm gonna get off first
G
C
Cause I can't wait no more
F
C
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Tell that engineer I said thanks a lot
Bb
And I didn't mind a fair
F
I'm gonna set my feet on southern soil
C
and breathe that southern
F
air.
Outro 1
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Hey Porter
Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson
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