C
G7
I left my gal in the mountains I left her standing in the rain
F
C
D7
G7
I went down to the depot caught myself a midnight train
C
G7
Made my way down to Georgia landed in a gambling town
F
C
G7
C
Got myself in trouble cause I shot a county sheriff down
G7
The jury read my verdict murder in the first degree
F
C
D7
G7
The judge said take that prisoner to the penitentiary
C
G7
They put the handcuffs on me put me on the Pullman train
F
C
G7
C
Took me to Atlanta tied me with a ball and chain
G7
I left my gal in the mountains I left her standing all alone
F
C
D7
G7
Last night I dreamed I got a letter saying baby won’t you please come home
C
G7
She told me that she loved me said that she loved me true
F
C
G7
C
Then I dreamed I wrote a letter saying I’m a coming home to you
G7
Then I awoke up this morning laying in an Atlanta jail
F
C
D7
G7
No one here to love me no one to go my bail
C
G7
Prison bars all around me the guard walking by my door
F
C
G7
C
I’m so sad and lonely cause I’ll never see my gal no more
G7
C
I’ll never see my gal no more
C
F
G7
D7
