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| Capo 1; eacb cbord is balf a measure. |
| In tbe intro, play a quick Gsus4 (3x0013) in tbe middle of tbe G. |
| C | inEm7 | F | G | |
| tro] |
| C | Em7 | F | G | |
| Mmmmm, L. A | . |
| C | Em7 | F | G | |
| Proved too | much for the m | an (too | much for the m | an) |
| C | Em7 | F | D | G | G | G7 | G7 | |
| (He couldn't | make it) So he's | leaving a life | he's come to kn | ow |
| C | Em7 | F | G | |
| (He said he's | going) Said he's | going back to f | ind ( | going back to find) |
| C | Em7 | F | G-Gsus4-G | |
| What's l | eft of his w | orld |
| C | Em7 | F | D | G | G | G7 | G7 | |
| A world he l | eft behind | not so v | ery lon | g ago | , | oh y | eah |
| C | Em7 | F | G | |
| He's | leaving ( | leaving) | on that | midnight train to |
| C | Em7 | F | G | |
| Ge | orgia (leaving on a | midnight train), oh y | eah |
| C | Em7 | F | D | |
| Said he's | going back to f | ind (he's | going back to f | ind) |
| G | G | G7 | G7 | |
| A simpler pl | ace and time |
| (and, when he takes that ride, guess who's gonna be right by his side) |
| C | Em7 | F | G | |
| I' | ll be with h | im (I know you w | ill) on that m | idnight train to Georgia |
| Am | Am | D | D | |
| (Leaving on the m | idnight train to | Georgia... woo | woo!) |
| stop | |
| F F G |
| I'd rather live in his world (live in his...) than live without him in mine |
| C | Em7 | F | G | |
| (bac | kgroun | d vo | ices: something about "his world") |
| He kept dreaming (dreaming) |
| That one day he'd be a star (a superstar, but he didn't get far) |
| Well he sure found out the hard way |
| Dreams don't always come true (dreams don't always come true, uh-uh, no, uh-uh) |
| ????????? | ? | ??? | |
| So he | his house | , and he even sold his old car |
| And bought a one-way ticket back |
| To the life that he once he knew, oh yes he did, he said he would |
| I know he's leaving on that midnight train to |
| Georgia (leaving on a midnight train), oh yeah |
| Said he's going back to find (he's going back to find) |
| A simpler place and time (...guess who's gonna be right by his side) |
| I've got to be with him (I know you will) on that midnight train to Georgia |
| (Leaving on the midnight train to Georgia... woo woo!) |
| I'd rather live in his world (live in his...) than live without him in mine |
| etc. |
| - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com |