D D7
Bus station in Atlanta 6:40 in the evening
G D
She was standing cold and all alone
F#7
I ask where she was going but she had no way of knowing
E7 A7
Cause she was broke and long way from home
D D7
Straight from New York City she was young thin and pretty
G D
She belonged in a fashion magazine
G
I said stay with me till morning
D G
I've got a bed to keep you warm in
D A7 D
We call it southern hospitality
A7 G D
Lying in the stillness there was no blue or gray
A7 G D A7
Only sweet surrender in the shadows where we la--y
G A7 F#7 D
She held me close and loved this southern boy just right
E7 A7 D
And the north won the war again last night
D7
Morning's all around me my arms are all around her
G D
She's sleeping Lord and she looks so fine
F#7
Between the shades of last night and this mornings daylight
E7 A7
We found love's Mason Dixon line
D D7
And in her arms I found that love isn't north or south
G D
It isn't how you say the things you say
G D G
New York City or Atlanta Cleveland or Savanna
D A7 D
She's taken all the boundaries away
A7 G D
Lying in the stillness there was no blue or gray
A7 G D A7
Only sweet surrender in the shadows where we la--y
G A7 F#7 D
She held me close and loved this southern boy just right
E7 A7 D
And the north won the war again last night