"Georgia on a Fast Train" (originally titled "I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train") is a song by Billy Joe Shaver from his debut 1973 album '' Old Five and Dimers Like Me''. Released as a

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that year, it peaked at number 88 on U.S. ''

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''s country chart. In 1994, Shaver released this song as a single again, that time under the shortened title "Georgia on a Fast Train". The new version did not chart.

Charts

Johnny Cash version

Johhny Cash covered the song on his Jack Clement–produced 1982 album ''

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''. Released as the first of three

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from it, his version reached number 55 on U.S. ''

'' country chart for the week of September 4, 1982.

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

"Georgia on a Fast Train"
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