Promised Land [Alternate Take 5] chords by Elvis Presley
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
I (G major) left my home in Norfolk Virginia
California on my mind (C major)
I straddled (D major) that Greyhound
And rode into Raleigh and on
across Caroline (G major)
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Verse 2
We had motor trouble (G major) that
turn into a struggle
Halfway across (G minor) Alabama (C major)
And that hound (D major) broke down
and left us all stranded
In downtown Birmingham
(G major)
Verse 3
Right away I brought me a
through train ticket
Ridin' across (G minor) Mississippi (G major) clean (C major)
I was (D major) on that midnight flyer
out of Birmingham
Smoking into New Orleans (G major)
Verse 4
Somebody help (G major) me get out of Louisiana
Just help me get to Houston Town (C major)
There are people (D major) there,
who care a little about me
And they won't let the poor
boy down (G major)
Interlude 1
(G major) (C major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 5
Sure as you're (G major) born brought me a silk suit
Put luggage in my hand (C major)
And I (D major) woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land (G major)
Verse 6
Working on a T-bone (G major) steak
steak a (G minor) la carte
Flying over to the golden state
(C major) When the (D major) pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal gate (G major)
Verse 7
Swing low chariot (G minor) come down easy
(G major) Taxi to the terminal zone (C major)
(D major) Cut your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
(G major)
Verse 8
Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia
Tidewater four (G minor) ten o nine (C major)
Tell the (D major) folks back home this is
the promised land calling
And the poor boy is on the line (G major)
Verse 9
Right away (G major) I brought
me a through train ticket
Ridin' across Mississippi clean
I was on that midnight flyer out
of Birmingham
Smoking into New Orleans
Verse 10
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana (G major)
Just help me get to Houston Town
There are people there,
who care a little (C major) about me
And they won't let the poor
boy down
Sure as you're born (D major) brought me a silk suit Put
Verse 11
(D major)
luggage in my hand
And (G major) I woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land
Verse 12
Working on a (G major) T-bone steak
steak a la (G minor) carte
Flying over to (G major) the golden state (C major)
When the (D major) pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal gate (G major)
Verse 13
Swing low chariot (G major) come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone (C major)
(D major) Cut your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
(G major)
Verse 14
Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia
Tidewater four ten o nine (C major)
Tell the folks (D major) back home this is
the promised land calling
And the poor boy is on the line (G major)
Outro 1
(G major) (C major) (D major)
(G major)
(C major) (D major)
(G major)
Promised Land [Alternate Take 5]
Elvis Presley
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