MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA Jim Weatherley Gladys Knight
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| / L^A..A..A | // ~ ^proved dd.| d^too much^for=the girl ll | // // |
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| / So^she's leaving^the life | // / ~ ^she's | come^to know ww ww ww | //// |
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| / # She=said=she's going back^to | find dd // | Oo oo ooh whats^left | of^her=world dd // |
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| ~ ^The world^she left^behind dd | / not^so long gg.| g^a go oo oo | /// ~ ^She's |
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| leaving gg // | / On^that Midnight train^to | Georgia / // | /// ~ And=she's |
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| going back // | // to^a simpler | place^and time ee ee.| ee ee ee ee |
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| ~ ^And I'll^be with^her rr | / On^that Midnight train^to | Georgia aa // | //// |
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| # I'd=rath=er live^in=her world dd | ~ ^than ^live without her ^in | mine ee ee ee | // // |
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| ~ She ^kept dreaming gg | // ~ ^that someday | ~ ^she'd be^a star rr | // // |
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| / But^she sure^found=out the^hard | way y^that dreams dont | always come true ee | ////|
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| / So^she pawned all^her | hopes ~ and=she ev en | so ld dd her^old | car rr / ~ bought=a |
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| / One^way ticket tt | / to^the life ee.| e^she once^knew w^Oh yes^she=did.|
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| d^She said^she=would dd ~^be | leaving gg // | On^that Midnight train^to | Georgia / // |
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| /// ~ And=she's | going back // | // to^a simpler | place^and time ee ee.| ee ee ee ee |
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| ~ ^And I'll^be with^her rr | / On^that Midnight train^to | Georgia aa // | //// |
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| # I'd=rath=er live^in=her world dd | ~ ^than ^live without her ^in | mine ee ee ee | // // |
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||: Go^gonna board ~ ^gonna board | ~ ^Gonna board^the Midnight train^Gotta :||
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Midnight Train To Georgia is performed by Gladys Knight and written by Jim Weatherley.
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