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	G
I / left my home in /	Norfolk, Virginia,

	G	C
Cali - / fo	rnia on my / mind,

	D
I /	straddled that Greyhound, and

	D
	Rode him into Raleigh, and

	D	G
	On across Caro - / line.

	G
We / sto	pped in Charlotte, to / by pass Brockhill,

	G	C
We / nev	er was a minute / late,

	D
We was / ninety	miles out of At - / lanta by sundown,

	D	G
	Rollin' out of Georgia / state.

	G
We / had	motor trouble that / turned into a struggle,

	G	C
Half - / way	across Ala - / bam', and

	D
That / hou	nd broke down and / left us all stranded,

	D	G
In / d	owntown Birming - / ham.

Break: One verse Instrumental

	G
	Right away I bought me a / through train ticket,

	G	C
Right a - / cross	Mississippi / clean,

	D
I was / on	that midnight / flyer out of Birmingham,

	D	G
	Smokin' into New Or - / leans.

	G
	Somebody help me get / out of Louisiana,

	G	C
	Help me get to Houston / town,

	D
There are / peopl	e there, who / care a bit about me, and

	D	G
They / won'	t let the po' boy / down.

	G
	Sure as you're born they / bought me a silk suit,

	G	C
	Put luggage in my / hand, and

	D
I /	woke up high over / Alberquerque,

	D	G
On a / jet	to the promised / land.

Break:

	G
	Workin' on a T-bone / steak a la carte,

	G	C
Flyin' / ov	er to the Golden / State,

	D
When the / pilot t	old us in / thirteen minutes,

	D	G
He would / set us	at the terminal / gate.

	G
	Swing low chariot, / come down easy,

	G	C
	Taxi to the terminal / zone,

	D
	Cut your engines and / cool your wings, and

	D	G
Let me / make	it to the tele - / phone.

	G
	Los Angeles, give me / Norfolk Virginia,

	G	C
Tide - / wat	er four ten o / nine,

	D
	Tell all the / folks back home, this is the / Promised Land callin', and

	D	G
The / po'	boy is on the / line.

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