Hey Porter Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][Gm][Csus4][C]
(Johnny [Cm]Cash)

[Verse 1]
[C]
(C) - (G) - (F)

[Verse 2]
[C](C) Hey, Porter, Hey Porter!
Would you tell me the [F](F) time?
[C](C) How much longer will it be 'til we cross
[D]that (G) Mason Dixon [G]Line? [C](C)
At daylight [F]would [C]you tell the engineer
to slow [F]it [C](F) down;
Or better still, just stop the train 'cause [G]I
(G) wanna look a [C](C) round.[F][C]
[Cm][C]

[Verse 3]
Hey, Porter! Hey Porter!
What time did you [F]say?
[C]How much longer will it be 'till I
[D]can see the light of [G]day?[C]
When we hit Dixie would [F]ya [C]tell the
engin[F]eer [C]to ring his[F] bel[C]l;
And tell everybody that ain't asleep to [G]stand right up [F]and
[C]yell.

[Interlude 1]
[C][F][Fsus4][C][F][C][Cm][Fsus4][F]
[C][G][Gm][C]

[Verse 4]
[C]Hey, Porter! Hey, Porter! Please,
go on and get my bags for [F]me,
[C]I don't need nobody to tell me
[D]now that I'm in Tenness[G]ee.
[C]We're not so far from home, you know,
and it's a- getting light outside
[F]Thi[C]s old train is a- puffin' smoke
and I [G]have to [C]strain in my eyes

[Verse 5]
[C]
Hey [F]Porter! [C]Hey Por[F]ter![C]
Please open up [F]the door.
When [C]they stop this train I'm gonna get off
first [D]'cause I can't wait no [G]more.[C]
Tell the engineer I say,
"Thanks a lot. And I didn't mind [F]the fare.[Fsus4][F]
[C]I'm gonna set my feet on Southern soil,
I'm [G]gonna breathe [Em]the [C]Southern air."

[Outro 1]
[C][G][C]