Hey Porter chords by
Kenny Owens
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Key: B major

Verse 1
Eb Eb 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Hey Porter, hey Porter,
will you tell me the time?
How much longer will it be
D D 
 
G G 
 
till we cross that Ma son -Dixon line?
C C 
 
At daylight,
would you tell that engineer
F F 
 
to slow it down?
C C 
 
G G 
 
Or better still, just stop the train,
C C 
 
cause I want to look around.
Hey Porter, hey Porter,
what time did you say?
How much longer will it be
D D 
 
G G 
 
till I can see the light of day?
C C 
 
When we get Dixie,
F F 
 
will you tell that engineer to ring his bell?
C C 
 
G G 
 
And ask everybody that ain't asleep
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
to stand right up and yell
G G 
 
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 blow his whistle please
F F 
 
C C 
 
Cause I smell frost on cotton leaves
G G 
 
C C 
 
and I feel that southern breeze
Hey Porter, hey Porter,
please get my bags for me
I need nobody to tell me
D D 
 
now that I'm in Tennessee
G G 
 
C C 
 
Go tell that engineer
to make that lonesome whistle scream
F F 
 
C C 
 
We're not too far from home,
G G 
 
C C 
 
so take it easy on the steam
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Hey Porter, hey Porter,
please open up the door
When they stop this train
I'm gonna get off first
D D 
 
G G 
 
Cause I can't wait no more
C C 
 
Tell that engineer I said thanks a lot
F F 
 
And I didn't mind the fare
C C 
 
I want to set my feet on southern soil
G G 
 
C C 
 
And breathe that southern air

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsEb D C G F

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