Promised Land

Promised Land easy guitar chords by Chuck Berry

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    • Verse 1
    I left 
    my home 
    in Norfolk 
    Virginia 

    California 
    on my 
    mind 

    I 
    Straddled 
    that 
    Greyhound, 

    and rolled 
    in into 
    Raleigh 

    and 
    all 
    across 
    Carolina 

    Verse 2
    Stopped 
    in 
    Charlotte 

    and bypassed Rock 
    Hill 

    And we 
    never 
    was 
    a minute 
    late 

    We was 
    ninety 
    miles 
    out 

    of Atlanta 
    by 
    sundown 

    Rollin' 
    out 
    of Georgia 
    state 

    Verse 3
    We had 
    motor 
    trouble 
    it turned 

    into a 
    struggle, 

    Half 
    way 
    'cross 
    Alabam 

    And that 'hound 
    broke 
    down 

    and 
    left 
    us all 
    stranded 

    In 
    downtown 
    Birmingham 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 4
    Right 
    away, 

    I bought me 
    a through 
    train 
    ticket 

    Ridin' 
    cross 
    Mississip
    pi clean 

    And I was 
    on 
    that 
    midnight 
    flier 

    out 
    of Birmingham 

    Smoking 
    into 
    New 
    Or
    leans 

    Verse 5
    Somebody 
    help 
    me 
    get 
    out 
    of Louisiana 

    Just 
    help 
    me get 
    to Hous
    ton town 

    There are 
    people 
    there 

    who care 
    a little 
    'bout 
    me 

    And 
    they won't 
    let the 
    poor boy 
    down 

    Verse 6
    Sure 
    as you're born, 

    they 
    bought 
    me 
    a silk 
    suit 

    Put 
    luggage 
    in my 
    hands, 

    And I 
    woke 
    up high 
    over 
    Albuquerque 

    On 
    a jet 
    to 
    the promised 
    land 

    Interlude 2

    Verse 7
    Workin' 
    on 
    a T-bone steak 
    steak 

    a la 
    carte 

    Flying 
    over 
    to the 
    Golden 
    State 

    Oh 
    when 
    The 
    pilot 
    told 
    me in 

    thirteen 
    minutes 

    We'd be 
    headin' 
    in 
    the terminal 
    gate 

    Verse 8
    Swing 
    low 
    chariot, 
    come 
    down 
    easy 

    Taxi 
    to the 
    termin
    al zone 

    Cut 
    your 
    engines, 
    cool 
    your 
    wings 

    And let me 
    make 
    it to the 
    telephone 

    Verse 9
    Los 
    Angeles 
    give 

    me Norfolk 
    Virginia 

    Tidewater 
    four 
    ten 
    O nine 

    Tell 
    the 
    folks 
    back 
    home this 

    is the 
    promised 
    land 
    callin' 

    And 
    the poor boy's 
    on 
    the line 

    Outro 1


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