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letra de san francisco mabel joy - waylon jennings

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verse 1:
a d a
his daddy was a honest man, a red dirt georgia farmer
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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
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most days he went hungry, then the summer came
a d a
he met a girl known on the strip as san francisco mabel joy
e a
dest-tutions child born on an l.a. street called shame

verse 3:
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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
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with dreams of georgia cotton and california wine

verse 4:
d a
sunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
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a right cross sent him reeling and put him face down on the floor
d a
inplace of mabel joy he found a merchant mad marine
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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
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the judge had no mercy on this waycross, georgia boy
a d a
staring at those four grey wall 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
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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
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she left this house four years ago she was looking for
d
some georgia farm boy

- waylon jennings

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