G G7
Bus station in Atlanta 6:40 in the evening
C G
She was standing cold and all alone
B7
I ask where she was going but she had no way of knowing
A7 D7
Cause she was broke and long way from home
G G7
Straight from New York City she was young thin and pretty
C G
She belonged in a fashion magazine
C
I said stay with me till morning
G C
I've got a bed to keep you warm in
G D7 G
We call it southern hospitality
D7 C G
Lying in the stillness there was no blue or gray
D7 C G D7
Only sweet surrender in the shadows where we la--y
C D7 B7 G
She held me close and loved this southern boy just right
A7 D7 G
And the north won the war again last night
G7
Morning's all around me my arms are all around her
C G
She's sleeping Lord and she looks so fine
B7
Between the shades of last night and this mornings daylight
A7 D7
We found love's Mason Dixon line
G G7
And in her arms I found that love isn't north or south
C G
It isn't how you say the things you say
C G C
New York City or Atlanta Cleveland or Savanna
G D7 G
She's taken all the boundaries away
D7 C G
Lying in the stillness there was no blue or gray
D7 C G D7
Only sweet surrender in the shadows where we la--y
C D7 B7 G
She held me close and loved this southern boy just right
A7 D7 G
And the north won the war again last night