San Francisco Mabel Joy Chords & Lyrics - Mickey Newbury

[A]My daddy was an honest man just a [D]redneck Georgia [A]farm boy
My momma spent her short life raisin' kids and bailin' [E]hay
And [A]I was just fifteen when I [D]ached inside to [A]wander
So I hopped a freight in Waycross and I [G]rode it [F]to L. [E]A.

[A]Well I met a girl known on the strip as [D]San Francisco?s [A]Maybel Joy
Destitution?s child born on a L.A. street called [E]shame
And [A]sleep came and left this [D]little Waycross Georgia [A]country boy
Maybel Joy was gone Lord [G]I?d never [F]see her [E]again

[D]Growin? up came quietly in the arms of Maybel [A]Joy
Laughter found our morning's brought new meaning to my [E]life
[D]I woke up one day Lord to find that I was [A]by myself
With dreams of Georgia cotton [E]and California [A]wine

Sunday [D]mornin' found me standin' 'neath the red light at her [A]door
Right cross sent me reelin' laid me face down on the [E]floor
[D]In place of my Maybel Joy I found a merchant mad [A]marine
Who said "Your Georgia neck is red but [G]sonny [F]you're still [E]green"

[A]Well I turned twenty-one in a [D]grey rock federal [A]prison
The judge he had no mercy on this [G]Waycross [F]Georgia [E]boy
[A]Sometimes at night in [D]silence Lord I'd [A]listen
That same old freight to take me [E]back to Maybel [A]Joy

[D]Cold nights had no pity on this Waycross Georgia [A]farm boy
Springtime turned to summer and then the winter [E]came
[D]Starin' at those four grey walls in silence Lord I'd [A]listen
Somewheres in the distance to the whistle of the [E]train

[D]Sunday mornin' found me lyin' 'neath the red-light at her [A]door
With a bullet in my side I cried "Have you seen Maybel [E]Joy?"
[D]Stunned and shaken someone said "Son she don't live here no [A]more
She left this town ten years ago I [G]heard she's [F]lookin? [E]for
Some Georgia [D]farm boy" [A]