Chords
Midnight Train To Georgia

Key: C

Introduction: C    Em7    F    G    

difficulty
intermediate |||||
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...