Capo on the 3rd fret.
Verse 1:
His daddy was a honest man,a red dirt Georgia farmer
EHis mama lived a short life having kids and bailing hay
A D AHe had fifteen years of ache inside to wander
He jumped a freight in Waycross and wound up in L.A.
Verse 2:
A D AThe cold nights had no pity on that Waycross Georgia farm boy
Most days he went hungry,then the summer came
A D AHe met a girl known on the strip as San Francisco Mabel Joy
E ADestitutions child born on an L.A. street called shame
Verse 3:
D AGrowing up came quietly in the arms of Mabel Joy
ELaughter found their mornings it brought new meaning to his life
The night before she left sleep came and found that Waycross country boy
E AWith dreams of Georgia cotton and California wine
Verse 4:
Sunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
EA right cross sent him reeling and put him face down on the floor
D AInplace of Mabel Joy he found a merchant mad marine
He said your Georgia neck is red,but sonny you're still green
Verse 5:
A D AHe turned twenty-one in grey rock federal prison
The judge had no mercy on this Waycross,Georgia boy
A D AStaring at those four grey wall in silence,Lord he listened
ETo the midnight freight he knew could take him back to Mabel Joy
Verse 6:
D ASunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
EWith a bullet in his side he cried,have you seen Mabel Joy
Stunned and shaken someone said she don't live here no more
EShe left this house four years ago she was looking for
DSome Georgia farm boy
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