Beautiful treatment of an all time classic. 
From Boz' 2013 Memphis album.
Note the nice shifts from Dmaj7 to D on the turnaround in the verses.
Also... on the album the guitar is shifted down a semitone.

Chords
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D       xx0232
Dmaj7   xx0222
Cmaj7   x32000
Em      022000
G       320003
Bm7     x24230
F#m     244222
Asus    x02230
A       x02220

 
Intro
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Dmaj7   Cmaj7   Dmaj7   Cmaj7


Verse 1
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D
Hoverin' by my suitcase 
G                                        Dmaj7
Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
  D
A heavy rain's a-fallin' 
G                              Dmaj7   
Seems I hear your voice callin'      "It's all right"

Chorus 1
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Bm7                 F#m     
   A rainy night in Georgia
Bm7                 F#m     
   A rainy night in Georgia
Em                    G            Dmaj7        
   Seems it's rainin' all over the world 
G                                       Dmaj7
   Feels like it's rainin' all over the world


Verse 2
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D
Neon lights a-flashin' 
G                          Dmaj7
Taxi cabs and buses passin'      through the night
    D
The distant moanin' of a train 
G                          Dmaj7
Seems to play a sad refrain      to the night


Chorus 2
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     Bm7            F#m
On a rainy night in Georgia 
Bm7                F#m
    Rainy night in Georgia
Em                  G                    Dmaj7        
    Feels like it's rainin' all over the world
G                                   Dmaj7
    Seems it's rainin' all over the world


Bridge
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Cmaj7                 Dmaj7
     How many times I wondered 
Cmaj7                           Dmaj7
     But it still comes out the same
G                 F#m            Em
No matter how you think of it or look at it
     G            F#m         Em       Asus  A
It's life and you just got to play the ga   -ame


Inst
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Cmaj7   Dmaj7   Cmaj7   Dmaj7


Verse 3
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D
Find my place in a box car 
     G                           Dmaj7
So I take my guitar to pass some time
D
Late at night when it's hard to rest
  G                            Dmaj7
I hold your picture to my chest      I feel fine


Chorus 3
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        Bm7            F#m
On this rainy night in Georgia 
Bm7                F#m
    Rainy night in Georgia
Em                  G                    Dmaj7   /B
    Seems like it's rainin' all over the world
Em                  G                    Dmaj7   /B
    Feels it's rainin' all over the world


Chorus 4
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Em      G     Dmaj7           /B
   On a rainy night in Georgi-a
Em            G                    Dmaj7   /B
   Seems it's rainin' all over the world
Em   G              Dmaj7   /B
        All over my world 
Em     G      Dmaj7   /B
Mmmm - mmmm   mmmmmmmm
Em     G      Dmaj7
Mmmm - mmmm   mmmmmmmm



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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
February 2014

watfordkev@gmail.com