A# A#7
Bus station in Atlanta 6:40 in the evening
D# A#
She was standing cold and all alone
D7
I ask where she was going but she had no way of knowing
C7 F7
Cause she was broke and long way from home
A# A#7
Straight from New York City she was young thin and pretty
D# A#
She belonged in a fashion magazine
D#
I said stay with me till morning
A# D#
I've got a bed to keep you warm in
A# F7 A#
We call it southern hospitality
F7 D# A#
Lying in the stillness there was no blue or gray
F7 D# A# F7
Only sweet surrender in the shadows where we la--y
D# F7 D7 A#
She held me close and loved this southern boy just right
C7 F7 A#
And the north won the war again last night
A#7
Morning's all around me my arms are all around her
D# A#
She's sleeping Lord and she looks so fine
D7
Between the shades of last night and this mornings daylight
C7 F7
We found love's Mason Dixon line
A# A#7
And in her arms I found that love isn't north or south
D# A#
It isn't how you say the things you say
D# A# D#
New York City or Atlanta Cleveland or Savanna
A# F7 A#
She's taken all the boundaries away
F7 D# A#
Lying in the stillness there was no blue or gray
F7 D# A# F7
Only sweet surrender in the shadows where we la--y
D# F7 D7 A#
She held me close and loved this southern boy just right
C7 F7 A#
And the north won the war again last night