Promised Land

Band

 G
LEFT MY HOME IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA
 C
CALIFORNIA ON MY MIND
 D
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

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 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 LINE

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////////[] [] IF YOU GIVE MORE THAN YOU GET
[][] [] YOU WILL GET MORE THAN YOU GIVE
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