Georgia On My Mind

Words & Music by Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell
Recorded by Ray Charles, 1960 (#1)
Also by Willie Nelson, 1976
Adapted from an arrangement by Reed Kotler at justjazz.com


Intro:    |   C - Edim   |  Dm7 - G7   |   C - Cdim   |  Dm7 - G7  -  G+  |


C       E7        Am7                F     Fm
Georgia,  Georgia,  the whole day through

         C        Edim       Dm7     G7       C  
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind,

Dm7            G7
Georgia on my mind.


C        E7        Am7           F   Fdim
Georgia,   Georgia,   a song of you

          C        Edim      Dm7      G7       C    F    Fm   C    E7
Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight on the pines.


Bridge:

 Am7   Dm7       Am7    F   Am7   Dm7        Am7   D7
Other arms reach out to me, other eyes smile tenderly;

Am7         F      C       Cdim    Am7        Gdim     Dm7  G7   G+
Still in peaceful dreams I see the road leads back to you.


  C      E7         Am7            F      Fdim(III) 
Georgia,    Georgia,   no peace I find

          C        Edim       Dm7     G7      C    F    Fm    C    E7
Just and old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.


Repeat Bridge:


C        E7         Am7            F     Fdim(III) - Fdim
Georgia,    Georgia,   no peace I find

         C         Edim       Dm7     G7      C    E7    A7
Just and old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind,


Coda:

         Dm7        F
Just and old sweet song keeps 

 G      G+ G6   C    F     Fm     C     G     CM7(9)
Georgia on my mind.

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.