waycross georgia chords by Iris DeMent

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Verse 1
Em 
C 
G 
C 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) I met a man from
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C 
 (G major) Waycross, Georgia  (C major) 
G 
D 
Em 
I met a man from  (G major) Waycross, Georgia  (D major)  (E minor) 
C 
He was traveling down the  (C major) road
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G 
He was  (D major) traveling down the  (G major) road
F 
 (F major) 

Verse 2
C 
 (C major) 
G 
I asked that man from  (G major) Waycross, Georgia
C 
I  (C major) asked that man from
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 (G major) Waycross, Georgia
Em 
"Do  (E minor) you mind if I come
C 
along?"  (C major) 
D 
G 
"Do you mind  (D major) if I come  (G major) along?"

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Verse 3

He said, "Listen to me stranger"

He said, "Listen to me stranger

I'm just going home

I'm just going home"

Verse 4
C 
 (C major) 
G 
C 
In his eyes was joy and pain  (G major)  (C major) 
G 
D 
Em 
In his eyes was joy an (G major) d  pain  (D major)  (E minor) 
C 
He said I must go alone  (C major) 
D 
 (D major) I  must go alone

Interlude 1

Verse 5
C 
Along that road  (C major) that leads
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C 
toward  (G major) home  (C major) 
Along that road that leads
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Em 
toward home  (G major)  (E minor) 
C 
Are the people who fed your  (C major) life
D 
G 
The  (D major) people who fed your  (G major) life

Verse 6
C 
 (C major) 
Smile and thank each one
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C 
of those  (G major) people  (C major) 
Smile and thank each one
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D 
Em 
of those people  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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D 
And then say farewell  (C major)  (D major) 
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Say  (G major) farewell
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 (F major) 

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) 
G 
C 
I met a man from  (G major) Waycross, Georgia  (C major) 
G 
Em 
I met a man from  (G major) Waycross, Georgia  (E minor) 
C 
He was traveling down the road  (C major) 
D 
He was  (D major) traveling down the
G 
 (G major) road