Biography:
Tony Joe White (Oak Grove, Louisiana, July 23, 1943 - October 24, 2018) was an American swamp rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who is a friend of White.
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Other songs:
- Aint Going Down This Time
- Always The Song
- As The Crow Flies
- Backside Of Paradise
- Backwoods Preacher Man
- Bayou Woman
- Billy
- Closer To The Truth
- Clovis Green
- Delta Love
- Down By The Border
- Georgia Pines
- Goin Down Rockin
- High Horse
- High Sheriff Of Calhoun Parrish
- I Believe Ive Lost My Way
- I Get Off On It
- I Just Walked Away
- Ice Cream Man
- Lake Placid Blues
- Louisiana Rain
- Polk Salad Annie
- Rainy Night In Georgia
- Red Neck Women
- Robbin My Honeycomb
- Roosevelt And Ira Lee
- Save Your Sugar For Me
- Scratch My Back
- Soul Francisco
- Steamy Windows
- Susie Q
- The Guitar Dont Lie
- Tunica Motel
- Undercover Agent For The Blues
- Who You Ganna Hoodoo Now
- Willie And Laura Mae Jones
- Yo Yo Man
- Youre Gonna Look Good In Blues
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Rainy Night in Georgia - Tony Joe White
[Intro]
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
[Verse 1]
Dmaj7 G
Hov'rin by my suitcase, trying to find a warm place to
Dmaj7 Dmaj7
spend the night.
Dmaj7 G
Heavy rain a falling, seems I hear your voice calling
Dmaj7 Dmaj7
it's alright.
[Chorus]
Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia, I believe it's
Em G Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
raining all over the world.
[Verse 2]
Dmaj7
Neon signs a-flashing
G Dmaj7 Dmaj7
Taxicabs and buses passing through the night.
Dmaj7
The distant moaning of a train,
G Dmaj7 Dmaj7
seems to play a sad refrain to the night.
[Chorus]
Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia, I believe it's
Em G Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
raining all over the world.
[Bridge]
Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7
How many times I've wondered, it still comes out the same. No
G F#m Em7
matter how you look at it, think of it, you
G F#m7 Em7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Dmaj7
just got to do your own thing.
[Verse 3]
Dmaj7
I find me a place in a box car,
G Dmaj7 Dmaj7
so I take my guitar out to pass some time.
Dmaj7
Late at night when it's hard to rest,
G Dmaj7 Dmaj7
I hold your picture to my chest and I'm alright.
[Chorus]
Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia, I believe it's
Em G Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
raining all over the world.
[Outro] (Repeat and fade out)
Dmaj7 Cmaj7
[Intro]
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
[Verse 1]
Dmaj7 G
Hov'rin by my suitcase, trying to find a warm place to
Dmaj7 Dmaj7
spend the night.
Dmaj7 G
Heavy rain a falling, seems I hear your voice calling
Dmaj7 Dmaj7
it's alright.
[Chorus]
Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia, I believe it's
Em G Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
raining all over the world.
[Verse 2]
Dmaj7
Neon signs a-flashing
G Dmaj7 Dmaj7
Taxicabs and buses passing through the night.
Dmaj7
The distant moaning of a train,
G Dmaj7 Dmaj7
seems to play a sad refrain to the night.
[Chorus]
Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia, I believe it's
Em G Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
raining all over the world.
[Bridge]
Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7
How many times I've wondered, it still comes out the same. No
G F#m Em7
matter how you look at it, think of it, you
G F#m7 Em7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Dmaj7
just got to do your own thing.
[Verse 3]
Dmaj7
I find me a place in a box car,
G Dmaj7 Dmaj7
so I take my guitar out to pass some time.
Dmaj7
Late at night when it's hard to rest,
G Dmaj7 Dmaj7
I hold your picture to my chest and I'm alright.
[Chorus]
Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia, I believe it's
Em G Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
raining all over the world.
[Outro] (Repeat and fade out)
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