San Francisco Mabel Joy

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San Francisco Mabel Joy - Waylon Jennings
Capo: 3
[Verse 1]
A D A
His daddy was a honest man, a red dirt Georgia farmer
E
His mama lived a short life having kids and bailing hay
A D A
He had fifteen years of ache inside to wander
E A
He jumped a freight in Waycross and wound up in L.A.
[Verse 2]
A D A
The cold nights had no pity on that Waycross Georgia farm boy
E
Most days he went hungry, then the summer came
A D A
He met a girl known on the strip as San Francisco's Mabel Joy
E A A7
Destitutions child born on an L.A. street called shame
[Verse 3]
D A
Growing up came quietly in the arms of Mabel Joy
E
Laughter found their mornings it brought new meaning to his life
D A
The night before she left sleep came and found that Waycross country boy
E A
With dreams of Georgia cotton and California wine
[Verse 4]
D A
Sunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
G E
A right cross sent him reeling and put him face down on the floor
D A
In place of Mabel Joy he found a merchant mad marine
G E A
He said your Georgia neck is red, but sonny you're still green
[Verse 5]
A D A
He turned twenty-one in grey rock federal prison
E
The judge had no mercy on this Waycross, Georgia boy
A D A
Staring at those four grey walls in silence, Lord he listened
E
To the midnight freight he knew could take him back to Mabel Joy
[Verse 6]
D A
Sunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
G E
With a bullet in his side he cried, have you seen Mabel Joy
D A
Stunned and shaken someone said she don't live here no more
G E
She left this house four years ago she was looking for
D A
Some Georgia farm boy.

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San Francisco Mabel Joy - Waylon Jennings 
Capo: 3
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]
[Verse 6]

San Francisco Mabel Joy Chords by Waylon Jennings

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