Promised Land Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]I left my home in Norfolk Virginia
California on my [F]mind
I [G]Straddled that Greyhound,
and rolled in into Raleigh
and all across Carolina
[C]

[Verse 2]
Stopped in Charlotte
and bypassed Rock Hill
And we never was a minute [F]late
We was [G]ninety miles out
of Atlanta by sundown
Rollin' out of Georgia [C]state

[Verse 3]
We had motor trouble [C]it turned
into a struggle,
Half way [F]'cross Alabam
And that 'hound [G]broke down
and left us all stranded
In downtown Birmingham
[C]

[Interlude 1]
[F][G]
[C]

[Verse 4]
[C]Right away,
I bought me a through train ticket
Ridin' cross Mississip[F]pi clean
And I was [G]on that midnight flier
out of Birmingham
Smoking into New Or[C]leans

[Verse 5]
Somebody help me get [C]out of Louisiana
Just help me get to Hous[F]ton town
There are [G]people there
who care a little 'bout me
And they won't let the poor boy [C]down

[Verse 6]
Sure [C]as you're born,
they bought me a silk suit
Put luggage in my [F]hands,
And I [G]woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised [C]land

[Interlude 2]
[C][F][G][C]

[Verse 7]
Workin' on a T-bone steak [C]steak
a la carte
Flying over to the Golden [F]State
Oh when The [G]pilot told me in
thirteen minutes
We'd be headin' in the terminal [C]gate

[Verse 8]
Swing low [C]chariot, come down easy
Taxi to the termin[F]al zone
[G]Cut your engines, cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
[C]

[Verse 9]
Los Angeles give
me Norfolk Virginia
Tidewater four ten [F]O nine
Tell the [G]folks back home this
is the promised land callin'
And the poor boy's on [C]the line

[Outro 1]
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