Originally titled Midnight Plane to Houston, Jim Weatherly wrote Midnight Train to Georgia CAPO 3 C Em7/B F/A G x2 C Em7/B F/A G C Em7/B F/A G L.A? proved too much for the girl C Em7/B F/A D G G7 So she's leavin'? the life she's come to know C Em7/B F/A G C Em7/B F/A G So she's goin' back to find? what's left of her world C Em7/B F/A D G G7 The world she left behind? not so long ago C Em7/B F/A G C Em7/B F/A G She's leavin'? on that midnight train to Georgia C Em7 F D G G7 Said she's goin' back? to a simpler place and time C Em7/B F/A G Am D7 I'll be with her? on that midnight train to Georgia F G C Em7/B F/A G I'd rather live in her world? than live without her in mine
C Em7/B F/A G C Em7/B F/A G C Em7/B F/A G She kept dreamin'? someday she'd be a star C Em7/B F/A D G G7 But she found out the hard way? some dreams don't come true C Em7/B F/A G C Em7/B F/A G So she's pawned all her hopes? and she sold her car C Em7/B F/A D G G7 And bought a one-way ticket back? to the life she once knew C Em7/B F/A G C Em7/B F/A G She's leavin'? on that midnight train to Georgia C Em7 F D G G7 Said she's goin' back? to a simpler place and time C Em7/B F/A G Am D7 I'll be with her? on that midnight train to Georgia F G C Em7/B F/A G I'd rather live in her world? than live without her in mine C Em7/B F/A G [INSTRUMENTAL OVER VERSE CHORDS] C Em7/B F/A G C Em7/B F/A G She's leavin'? on that midnight train to Georgia C Em7 F D G G7 Said she's goin' back? to a simpler place and time C Em7/B F/A G Am D7 I'll be with her? on that midnight train to Georgia F G C Em7/B F/A G I'd rather live in her world? than live without her in mine F G C Em7/B F/A G I'd rather live in her world? than live without her in mine C Em7/B F/A G C