Slow Train Through Georgia - Norman Blake

Intro: C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C G G G G C C C C F F F F - F F F F - F F F F - C C C C F F F F - F F F F - F F F F - C C C C C C C C - C C C C - G G G G - C C C C C C C C Verse 1: C G C Down by the county bridge the gondolas roll F C Hauling down to Biringham the dirty half-slag coal F C I should let her move me on come sunshine, rain or drought C G C 'Cause just like the circle says Southern serves the south Chorus: C G C Hardships and troubles, don't you know I've had some F C Getting older every day I'm a fairweather bum F C Let me tell you good people here, it's just about time C G C To catch a slow train through Georgia and ease a worried mind

Instrumental: C C C C - C C C C - G G G G - C C C C F F F F - F F F F - F F F F - C C C C F F F F - F F F F - F F F F - C C C C C C C C - C C C C - G G G G - C C C C C C C C Verse 2: C G C Forty miles an hour she's rolling down the line F C Greasy rail, red clay trails through the long leaf pines F C Anyplace that the sunshine falls is where I long to be C G C Sunshine southern special won't you roll me to the sea Chorus: C G C Hardships and troubles, don't you know I've had some F C Getting older every day I'm a fairweather bum F C Let me tell you good people here, it's just about time C G C To catch a slow train through Georgia and ease a worried mind Instrumental: C C C C - C C C C - G G G G - C C C C F F F F - F F F F - F F F F - C C C C F F F F - F F F F - F F F F - C C C C C C C C - C C C C - G G G G - C C C C C C C C Verse 3: C G C Lord I wish was living day by day someplace down the track F C Come on gal my old pal, Lord you know we'll not look back F C I'll down take this old guitar I'll play her every day C G C Let the slow train through Georgia roll my blues away Chorus: C G C Hardships and troubles, don't you know I've had some F C Getting older every day I'm a fairweather bum F C Let me tell you good people here, it's just about time C G C