Midnight train to Georgia
C - Em - F - G (2x)
C Em - F - G - C Em
1. L.A. proved too much for the man,
F G C
(Too much for the man, he
couldn't make it).
Em F
- D7 G
G7
So he's leavin'
the life he's
come to know, ooh.
C Em F
(He said he's goin') he said he's goin back to
find
G
C Em F - G
(goin back to find), ooh, ooh, ooh, what's left of his
world,
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the
world he left behind not so long
ago.
C
Em - F
G
He's leaving, (leaving) on
that midnight train to
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G
Georgia, (leavin' on the
midnight train), mm, yes.
C - Em
F D7 G
Said he's goin' back (goin’ back to
find) to a simpler place and time,
G7
(whenever he takes that ride) oh, yes, he is !
(Guess who's gonna be right by his side)
C Em F
G Am
And I'll be with him (I know you will) on that midnight train to Georgia,
D7
(Leavin' on the midnight train to Georgia) oh,
yeah, (woo-woo),
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I'd rather live in his world than live without him in mine.
Em F G
C
(Their world is his, his and hers alone).
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G
2. He kept dreamin'
(dreamin'), woo,
C Em F G
that
someday he'd be the star (a superstar, but he didn't get far).
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But he sure found out the hard
way
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that dreams don't
always come true
G7
(dreams
don't always come true). (Uh-uh) No ! (Uh-uh).
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G
3. So he pawned all his hopes
(ooh ooh ooh ooh),
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G
and
he even so........ld his old car (ooh ooh ooh ooh).
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D7 G
Bought a one way ticket
back to the life he once knew.
- G7
Oh, yes, he did, he said he would. Although …
+ CHORUS (2x, with some
lyrics variations)
C Em F
+ Hey, (one love) one love (gonna board) gonna board,
G C
on
the midnight train to ride.
Em - F
One love (one love), wanna board gotta board
G C
on
the midnight train to go.
Em - F
One love (one love), wanna board (gonna board),
G C
on
the midnight train to go.
Em - F
My world (one love), his world
G C
our
world is mine and his alone.
Em - F
My world (one love), his world
G C
our
world is mine and his alone.
Em F G C Em
I got to go, I got to go, I
got to go, I got to go, I got to go ....
(orig. = capo 1st) (Gladys
Knight & The Pips)