Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
A
Well, his daddy was an honest man
His mama lived her short life
A
E
And an aching side to wander
So he jumped a freight and
Now the cold nights had no pity
A
E
On that way across Georgia, farm boy
Most days he went hungry
A
E
San Francisco's Mabel Joy
Destitution's child
Laughter found their mornings,
With dreams of Georgia cotton
B
E
And a California wife
Went a right cross and him reeling
G#m
A
In place of Mabel Joy
Who growled, your Georgia neck is red
D
A
B
E
But, sonny, you're still green
He turned twenty -one
A
E
In a grey rock federal prison
The old judge had no mercy
A
E
In silence he would listen
To that midnight freight he knew
D
A
B
could take him back to Mabel Joe
G#m
A
Sunday morning found him lying
With a bullet in his side, he cried
She left this house four years ago
D
A
B
They say she's looking for some Georgia
C#m
E
A
F#m
Bsus4
A
Bsus4
B
farmer
E
A
You
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B G#m D...
E
A
B
G#m
D
C#m
F#m
Bsus4
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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