G G7  F   C F   C  G

[Verse 1]
        C            F                 C   G
Packing up my duffel, gonna leave this town
C         F             F                C  G7  C
  Packing up my duffel, gonna leave this town
    G7                  F                     C G7  C G7
And I'm gonna hustle to catch that train southbound


[Instrumental]
C   F  C G7  C7
F   F  C G7  C
G7  G7 C G7  C G

[Verse 2]
        C             F                 C   G
Got the Georgia blues  for the plow and hoe
C C7        F            F                 C  G7  C
    Got the Georgia blues for the plow and hoe
       G7           F                 C   G7  C  G7
Walked out my shoes over this ice and snow

[Instrumental]
C  C  C  C
F  F  C  C
G  G  C F C  G

[Verse 3]
     C             F                 C   G
Tune up the fiddle, dust the cat and bow
C C7     F             F                 C  G7  C
    Tune up the fiddle, dust the cat and bow
    G7                  F                 C   G7  C  G7
Put on the griddle, and open up the cabin door

[Instrumental]
C  C  C  C C7
F  F  C  C
G  G  C F  C  G

[Verse 4]
  C                  F                     C   G
I thought I was going to the north land to stay
C C7  F                  F                     C  G7  C
    I thought I was going to the north land to stay
G7                      F               C G7  C  G7
South is on my mind, my blues won't go away

[Instrumental]
C G7  C G7  C    C C7
F     F     C F  C
G7    F     C F  C  G

[Verse 5]
  C                   F              C   G
Potatoes in the ashes, possum in the stove
C C7  F                   F              C   G7  C
    Potatoes in the ashes, possum on the stove
        G7                  F                  C   F  C  G7
You can have the hash, but please leave me the clove

[Verse 6]
C                          F                  C  G
Chicken on the roof, babe, watermelons on the vine
C C7 F                         F                  C G7  C
    Chicken on the roof, babe, watermelons on the vine
        G7                       F              C  G7  C  G7
I'll be glad to get back to that Georgia gal of mine