I (Bb)left my home in Nor folk, Vir gin ia; Cal i for nia on my (Eb)mind.

I (F7)strad dled that Grey hound and rode him in to Ral eigh and on a cross Car o line.

We stopped at Char lotte; we by passed Rock Hill; we nev er was a min ute late.

We was (F7)nine ty miles out of At lan ta by sun down, roll in’ out of Geor gia state.

We had mo tor trou ble that turned in to a strug gle, half way a cross Al a bam.

And that (F7)’hound broke down and left us all strand ed in down town Bir ming ham.

(Bb)left my home in Nor folk, Vir gin ia; Cal i for nia on my (Eb)mind.

I (F7)strad dled that Grey hound and rode him in to Ral eigh and on a cross Car o line.

We stopped at Char lotte; we by passed Rock Hill; we nev er was a min ute late.

We was (F7)nine ty miles out of At lan ta by sun down, roll in’ out of Geor gia state.

We had mo tor trou ble that turned in to a strug gle, half way a cross Al a bam.

And that (F7)’hound broke down and left us all strand ed in down town Bir ming ham.