Hey, Porter
Hey, Porter

Hey, Porter chords by Johnny Cash

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  • Verse 1
    Hey, 
    Porter 

    Hey 
    Porter 

    Would 
    you tell 
    me 
    the time? 

    How much 
    longer 
    will it 
    be 

    'Til 
    we cross 
    that 
    Mason 
    Dixon 
    Line? 

    At 
    daylight 
    would 
    you tell 
    that 

    engineer 
    to slow 
    it down 

    Or 
    better 
    still, 
    just 
    stop 
    the train 

    'Cause 
    I want 
    to look 
    around 

    Verse 2
    Hey, 
    Porter 

    Hey, Porter 

    What 
    time 
    did 
    you say? 

    How much 
    longer 
    will it 
    be 

    'Til I 
    can 
    see 
    the light 
    of 
    day? 

    When 
    we 
    hit Dixie 
    will you 
    tell 

    that 
    engineer 
    to ring 
    his 
    bell 

    And 
    ask 
    everybody 
    that ain't 
    asleep 
    to stand 

    right 
    up 
    and 
    yell 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 3
    Hey, 
    Porter 

    Hey, 
    Porter 

    It's 
    getting 
    light 
    outside 

    This 
    old 
    train 
    is 
    puffin' 
    smoke 

    and 
    have 
    to strain 
    my 
    eyes 

    But 
    ask 
    that 
    engineer 
    if 
    he 
    will blow 

    his 
    whistle 
    please 

    'Cause 
    I smell 
    frost 
    on 
    cotton 
    leaves 

    And 
    feel 
    that 
    Southern 
    breeze 

    Verse 4
    Hey, 
    Porter 
    Hey, 

    Porter 

    Please 
    get 
    my bags 
    for me 

    need 
    nobody 
    to tell 
    me now 
    that 

    we're 
    in 
    Tenness
    ee 

    Go tell 
    that 
    engineer 
    to make 
    that 

    lonesome 
    whistle 
    scream 

    We're 
    not 
    so far 
    from home 
    so 
    take 
    it 

    easy 
    on 
    the steam 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 5
    Hey, 
    Porter 
    Hey, 
    Porter 


    Please 
    open 
    up 
    the door 

    When they 
    stop 
    this train 
    I'm 

    gonna 
    get off 
    first 

    'Cause 
    I can't 
    wait 
    no 
    more 

    Tell that 
    engineer 
    I say, 

    Thanks 
    a lot 
    and I 
    didn't 

    mind 
    the fare 

    I'm gonna 
    set 
    my 
    feet 
    on 
    Southern 
    soil 

    And 
    breathe 
    that 
    Southern 
    air

    Outro 1

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