C5 E5 F5 G5 {intro} C5 E5 F5 G5 Mmmmm , L. A. C5 E5 F5 G5 Proved too much for the man (too much for the man) C5 E5 F5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5 (He couldn't make it) So he's leaving a life he's come to know C5 E5 F5 G5 (He said he's going) Said he's going back to find (going back to find) C5 E5 F5 G5 - G5 - G5 What's left of his world C5 E5 F5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5 A world he left behind not so very long ago, oh yeah C5 E5 F5 G5 He's leaving (leaving) on that midnight train to C5 E5 F5 G5 Georgia (leaving on a midnight train), oh yeah C5 E5 F5 D5 Said he's going back to find (he's going back to find) G5 G5 G5 G5 A simpler place and time (and, when he takes that ride, guess who's gonna be right by his side) C5 E5 F5 G5 I'll be with him (I know you will) on that midnight train to Georgia A5 A5 D5 D5 (Leaving on the midnight train to Georgia... woo woo!) F5 F5 G5 {stop} I'd rather live in his world (live in his...) than live without him in mine C5 E5 F5 G5 (background voices: something about "his world") He kept dreaming (dreaming) That one day he'd be a star (a superstar, but he didn't get far) Well he sure found out the hard way Dreams don't always come true (dreams don't always come true, uh-uh, no, uh-uh) So he {?????????} his house {?}, and he even sold his old car {???} And bought a one-way ticket back To the life that he once he knew, oh yes he did, he said he would I know he's leaving on that midnight train to Georgia (leaving on a midnight train), oh yeah Said he's going back to find (he's going back to find) A simpler place and time (...guess who's gonna be right by his side) I've got to be with him (I know you will) on that midnight train to Georgia (Leaving on the midnight train to Georgia... woo woo!) I'd rather live in his world (live in his...) than live without him in mine {etc.} - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com