The Promised Land Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
I [G]left[A][G]
my home in
Norfolk,
Virginia,
California, on my [C]mind
I [D]straddled that greyhound
and rode it into
Raleigh and all across
Carolina
[G]We stopped at
Charlotte to buy a pass right here,
we never was a minute late
[C]And we were 90 [D]miles out of
Atlanta by sundown
Rollin' out of
Georgia
[G]State
We had no trouble
It turned into a struggle
Halfway across
[C]Alabama
And that [D]hound broke down
And left us all stranded
In downtown
Birmingham
[G]Hey!
All [C]right![D][G]
Right away,
bought me a through -train ticket
Riding across
Mississippi [C]clean
And I was [D]on that midnight fly
Out of
Birmingham,
Spokane and
New
Orleans
[G]Somebody helped me get out of
Louisiana
Just to help me hit the
Houston [C]town
There are [D]people there who
care a little about me
And they won't let the poor boy [G]down
Sure as your ball they bought me a silk suit
Put luggage in my [C]hand
And when I [D]woke up I was over
Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land
[G]Hey!

[Interlude 1]
[G][C]
[D][G]

[Verse 2]
[G]Workin' on a cheap old steak aisle
I caught it flyin' over to the
Golden
[C]State
When a [D]pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal [G]gate
Swing low chariot, calm down easy
Taxi to the terminal [C]zone
[D]Cut your wings, crew your wigs
And let me make it to the [G]telephone
Los
Angeles,
Skimmy,
Norfolk,
Virginia
Tidewater flow [C]1009
Tell the [D]folks back home
This is a promised land calling
And the po' boy is on the [G]line
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