Promised Land > G I LEFT MY HOME IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA > C CALIFORNIA ON MY MIND > D I BOARDED THAT GREYHOUND, > G RODE IN INTO RALIEGH ON ACROSS CAROLINE > G STOPPED IN CHARLOTTE TO BY PASS ROCKHILL > C WE NEVER WAS A MINUTE LATE > D WE WERE NINTY MILES OUT OF ATLANTA BY SUNDOWN > G ROLLIN' OUT OF GEORGIA STATE > G WE HAD MOTOR TROUBLE THAT TURNED INTO A STRUGGLE > C HALFWAY ACROSS ALABAM > D AND THAT BOW BROKE DOWN > G AND LEFT US STRANDED IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM > G RIGHT AWAY I BOUGHT A THROUGH TRAIN TICKET > C GOT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI CLEAN > D AND I WAS ON THAT MIDNIGHT FLYER OUT OF BIRMINGHAM > G SMOKIN' INTO NEW ORLEANS > G SOMEBODY HELP ME GET OUT OF LOUISIANA > C HELP ME GET TO HOUSTON TOWN ! strum ! 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 ! V ^ V ^ ^ V > D THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO CARE A LITTLE 'BOUT ME > G AND WON'T PUT THE POOR BOY DOWN > G GEORGIA BORN, THEY BOUGHT ME A SILK SUIT > C AND PUT LUGGAGE IN MY HAND > D AND WOKE UP HIGH OVER ALBUQUERQUE > G ON A JET TO THE PROMISED LAND > G WORKIN' ON A T-BONE ALA CARTEE > C FLYIN' OVER TO THE GOLDEN STATE > D WHEN THE PILOT TOLD US IN THIRTEEN MINUTES > G HE WOULD SET US AT THE TERMINAL GATE > G SWING LOW CHARIOT, COME DOWN EASY > C TAXI TO THE TERMINAL DOOR > D CUT YOUR ENGINES AND COOL YOUR WINGS > G AND LET ME MAKE IT TO THE TELEPHONE > G LOS ANGELES, GIVE ME NORFLOK VIRGINIA > C TIDEWATER FOUR TEN O NINE > D TELL ALL THE FOLKS BACK HOME IT'S THE PROMISED LAND CALLIN' > G AND THE POOR BOY IS ON THE |
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