B B7
Bus station in Atlanta 6:40 in the evening
E B
She was standing cold and all alone
D#7
I ask where she was going but she had no way of knowing
C#7 F#7
Cause she was broke and long way from home
B B7
Straight from New York City she was young thin and pretty
E B
She belonged in a fashion magazine
E
I said stay with me till morning
B E
I've got a bed to keep you warm in
B F#7 B
We call it southern hospitality
F#7 E B
Lying in the stillness there was no blue or gray
F#7 E B F#7
Only sweet surrender in the shadows where we la--y
E F#7 D#7 B
She held me close and loved this southern boy just right
C#7 F#7 B
And the north won the war again last night
B7
Morning's all around me my arms are all around her
E B
She's sleeping Lord and she looks so fine
D#7
Between the shades of last night and this mornings daylight
C#7 F#7
We found love's Mason Dixon line
B B7
And in her arms I found that love isn't north or south
E B
It isn't how you say the things you say
E B E
New York City or Atlanta Cleveland or Savanna
B F#7 B
She's taken all the boundaries away
F#7 E B
Lying in the stillness there was no blue or gray
F#7 E B F#7
Only sweet surrender in the shadows where we la--y
E F#7 D#7 B
She held me close and loved this southern boy just right
C#7 F#7 B
And the north won the war again last night