Promised Land Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Gm][G]

[Verse 1]
I [G]love my home in Norfolk,
Virginia, California, on my [Cm]mind
[C]I s[D]traddled that greyhound
and rode him into Raleigh
and on across Carolina
[G]We stopped in Charlotte,
but by Passarocca
we never was a minute [C]late
And we was [D]ninety miles out of Atlanta
by sundown rolling across the Georgia state
[G]We had motor trouble,
it turned into a struggle
halfway across [C]Alabama
And that hound [D]broke down
and left us all [Gm]stranded[Gdim][G][D][Em][C][D]
[Em][G][Em][G][Em][G][C]
[D][A][D][G][Em][G]
Right away I bought me a thru -train
Ticket right across Mississippi clean
[C]And I was on [D]at the Midnight Wire
Out of Birmingham smokin'
into New Orleans
[Gm]Some[G]body help me
get out of Louisiana
Just help me get to Houston town
[C]There are[D] people there
who care a little about me
And they won't let the poor boy [G]down
Sure as you're born,
they bought me a silk suit
Put the luggage in my hand
[C]And I wok[D]e up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised [G]land[E]
[A][B][E]
[A][B][E]
[G]Workin' on a T -Bone steak,
all a -cartin'
Flyin' over to the Golden [C]State
When the [D]pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal [G]gate
Swing low, sweet chariot,
come down easy
Taxi to the terminal [C]zone
[D]Cut your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
[G]Los Angeles, give me a Norfolk,
Tidewater for ten oh [C]nine
Tell the [D]folks back home
this is a promised land
Calling and the poor boys [A]are on the [G]line[C][D][G][D][G][D][G][Em][C][D]
[G][E][B][E][A][B]
[E][B][E][A]
[B][E][G]
[C][D][G]
[C][G][D][G][E][D][E]
[A][B][E][B][E]
[A][B][E][G]
[C][D][G]
[C][D][D][G][G][G][G]
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