Key: C
Introduction: C Em7 F G
C Em7 F G
Mmmmm, L. A.
C Em7 F G
Proved too much for the man (too much for the man)
C Em7 F D G G7
(He couldn't make it) So he's leaving a life he's come to know
C Em7 F G
(He said he's going) Said he's going back to find (going back to find)
C Em7 F G
What's left of his world
C Em7 F D G G7
A world he left behind not so very long ago, oh yeah
C Em7 F G
He's leaving (leaving) on that midnight train to
C Em7 F G
Georgia (leaving on a midnight train), oh yeah
C Em7 Am D
Said he's going back to find (he's going back to find)
G G7
A simpler place 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 him (I know you will) on that midnight train to Georgia
Am D
(Leaving on the midnight train to Georgia... woo woo!)
F G{stºp}
I'd rather live in his world (live in his...) than live without him in mine
C Em7 F G
(background voices: something about "his world")
C Em F
He kept dreaming (dreaming)
G C Em F G
That one day he'd be a star (a superstar, but he didn't get far)
C Em
Well he sure found out the hard way
F D G G7
Dreams don't always come true (dreams don't always come true, uh-uh, no, uh-uh)
C Em F G CEm F G
So he hung all his hopes, and he even sold his own car
C Em F
And bought a one-way ticket back
D G G7
To the life that he once he knew, oh yes he did, he said he would
C Em F G
I know he's leaving on that midnight train to
C Em F G
Georgia (leaving on a midnight train), oh yeah
C Em Am D
Said he's going back to find (he's going back to find)
G G7
A simpler place and time (...guess who's gonna be right by his side)
C Em F G Am
I've got to be with him (I know you will) on that midnight train to Georgia
D
(Leaving on the midnight train to Georgia... woo woo!)
F G C
I'd rather live in his world (live in his...) than live without him in mine
(with backing vocals)
C C/B Am G(repeat)
CEm F G
CEm Am D G
CEm F G Am D F GC...