Michael Hurley

In Florida

Michael Hurley


Tom: Em

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I want to wake up in the morning
          C                G
where the orange blossoms grow
G                      C
sun comes peeping into where i'm sleeping
        A               D
and the songbirds never go
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i want to wake up in florida
    G      D       G
the orange blossom state


[Verse 2]

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I was rollin' thru virginny
  C                    G
i spot a little pick-a-ninny
       G                      C
he was sellin firecrackers to all the mammy jackers
    A                 D
them that didn't have any
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i was on my way to florida
     G           C         G
that big tourist trap down south


[Verse 3]

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they got signs all through georgia
         C                     G
that say last chance for fresh pecans
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new crop, you better stop, a paper shell, we got the sell,
   A                      D
go back you missed it mr. man
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faa-ancy georiga
   G            C         G
is what we call the peach state


[Verse 4]

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I want to wake up in the morning
          C         G
where the alligator parades
G             C
wild boar, forever more,
     A                        D
goes rootin through the green glades
          G
i want to wake up in Florida
    G       C   G
the reptile paradise


[Verse 5]

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i want to see those flamingos
        C                G
as they glide across the pond
         G                    C
when the sun go down, i'll be lookin' around
         A          D
for that big legged blonde
          G
i want to wake up in florida
    G      C   G
the lovers paradise