the promised land Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G]
I [C]left my home in Norfolk

[Verse 1]
Virginia,
California on my [F]mind.
[C]We [G]straddled that Greyhound,
rode him into Raleigh,

[Verse 2]
On across Caroline.
[C]We stopped at Charlotte
and bypassed Rock Hill,
We never was a minute [F]late.
And [C]we was [G]ninety miles out
of Atlanta by sundown,
Rollin' outa Georgia [C]state.

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

[Verse 4]
[F][G]
[C][F][G]
[C]right away
I bought me a through train ticket,
Right across Mississippi [F]clean
An[C]d I was [G]on that midnight
flyer outa Birmingham
Smoking into New Orleans.
[C]

[Verse 5]
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Just help me get to Houston [F]town.
Well [G]there are 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 1]
[C][F][G][C][F][C]

[Verse 7]
Workin' on a T- bone [C]steak a la carte
Flying over to [F]the Golden State;
When the [G]pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal [C]gate.

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

[Verse 9]
Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia,
Dial forty four ten [F]O nine
And tell the [G]folks back home
this is the promised land
Callin'
And the poor boy's on [C]the line.