I BEEN TO GEORGIA ON A FAST TRAIN
(Billy Joe Shaver)

Billy Joe Shaver - 1973
Johnny Cash - 1982
Willie Nelson - 1984
Henson Cargill - 1988
Shaver - 1993
BR5-49 - 1998
Cory Morrow - 2001
Ken McCoy - 2003
Darl Enga - 2004
Willie Nelson, Toby Keith & Keith Richards - 2004
Billy Joe Shaver & Diamondback Texas - 2004
The Von Ehrics - 2006
Matt Minglewood - 2006
The Hillbilly Jones - 2006
Confederate Railroad - 2007
Mark Miklos - 2008
Mark T. Small - 2008
Junkyard Jamboree - 2011

Also recorded by:
Dickey Betts; Them Damned Young Livers; Keith Magel;
The Twangbangers...........and others.



On a rainy, windy mornin', that's the day that i was born
In that old sharecroppers one room country shack
They say my Mammy left me, same day that she had me
Said she hit the road and never once looked back

And now I just thought I'd mention my Grandma's old age pension
Is the reason why I'm standing here today
I got all my country learnin', milkin' and a churnin'
Pickin' cotton, rasin' hell, and bailin' hay

I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wadn't born no yesterday
Got a good Christian raisin' and a eighth grade education
Ain't no need in y'all a-treatin' me this way

And now sweet Carolina , I don't guess I'll ever find
Another woman put together like you are
With your wiggle in your walkin' and your big city talkin'
Your brand new shiny Plymouth rag-top car

Well, it's hurry up and wait in this world of give and take
Seems like haste it makes for waste every time
And I pray to my soul, when you hear those ages roll
You better know I'm gonna get my share of mine

Now, I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wadn't born no yesterday
Got a good Christian raisin' and a eighth grade education
Ain't no need in y'all a-treatin' me this way

I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wadn't born no yesterday
Got a good Christian raisin' and a eighth grade education
Ain't no need in y'all a-treatin' me this way
Ain't no need in y'all a-treatin' me this way


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2012)