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*************** SAN FRANCISCO MABEL JOY ***************

performed by Waylon Jennings.


Capo on the 3rd fret.

Verse 1:
             A (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)His daddy was ahonest (x02210@1)man,a red dirt Georgia farmer
                                                            E (022100@1)His mama lived ashort (x02210@1)life having kids and bailing hay
                A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)He had fifteen years of ache inside to wander
                                             E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)He jumped afreight (x02210@1)in Waycross and wound up in L.A.


Verse 2:
             A (x02220@1)                             D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)The cold nights had no pity on that Waycross Georgia farm boy
                                                  E (022100@1)Most days he went hungry,then the summer came
            A (x02220@1)                              D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)He met agirl (x02210@1)known on the strip as San Francisco Mabel Joy
                                       E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)Destitutions child born on an L.A. street called shame


Verse 3:
            D (xx0232@1)                                       A (x02220@1)Growing up came quietly in the arms of Mabel Joy
                                                                     E (022100@1)Laughter found their mornings it brought new meaning to his life
             D (xx0232@1)                                                            A (x02220@1)The night before she left sleep came and found that Waycross country boy
                                           E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)With dreams of Georgia cotton and California wine


Verse 4:
           D (xx0232@1)                                                A (x02220@1)Sunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
                                                                     E (022100@1)Aright (x02220@1)cross sent him reeling and put him face down on the floor
             D (xx0232@1)                                     A (x02220@1)Inplace of Mabel Joy he found amerchant (x02210@1)mad marine
	                                      E (022100@1)He said your Georgia neck is red,but sonny you're still green


Verse 5:
            A (x02220@1)                   D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)He turned twenty-one in grey rock federal prison
                                                        E (022100@1)The judge had no mercy on this Waycross,Georgia boy
           A (x02220@1)                               D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)Staring at those four grey wall in silence,Lord he listened
	                                               E (022100@1)To the midnight freight he knew could take him back to Mabel Joy


Verse 6:
           D (xx0232@1)                                                 A (x02220@1)Sunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
                                             E (022100@1)With abullet (x02210@1)in his side he cried,have you seen Mabel Joy
          D (xx0232@1)                                                  A (x02220@1)Stunned and shaken someone said she don't live here no more
                                            E (022100@1)She left this house four years ago she was looking for
                      D (xx0232@1)Some Georgia farm boy


Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr