Promised Land chords by
Chuck Berry

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Key: C major•

Verse 1
C C 
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I left my home in Norfolk Virginia
F F 
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California on my mind
G G 
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I Straddled that Greyhound,
and rolled in into Raleigh
and all across Carolina
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Verse 2
Stopped in Charlotte
and bypassed Rock Hill
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And we never was a minute late
G G 
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We was ninety miles out
of Atlanta by sundown
C C 
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Rollin' out of Georgia state

Verse 3
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We had motor trouble it turned
into a struggle,
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Half way 'cross Alabam
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And that 'hound broke down
and left us all stranded
In downtown Birmingham
C C 
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Interlude 1

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Verse 4
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Right away,
I bought me a through train ticket
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Ridin' cross Mississippi clean
G G 
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And I was on that midnight flier
out of Birmingham
C C 
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Smoking into New Orleans

Verse 5
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Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
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Just help me get to Houston town
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There are people there
who care a little 'bout me
C C 
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And they won't let the poor boy down

Verse 6
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Sure as you're born,
they bought me a silk suit
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Put luggage in my hands,
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And I woke up high over Albuquerque
C C 
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On a jet to the promised land

Interlude 2

C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Verse 7
C C 
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Workin' on a T-bone steak steak
a la carte
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Flying over to the Golden State
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Oh when The pilot told me in
thirteen minutes
C C 
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We'd be headin' in the terminal gate

Verse 8
C C 
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Swing low chariot, come down easy
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Taxi to the terminal zone
G G 
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Cut your engines, cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
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Verse 9
Los Angeles give
me Norfolk Virginia
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Tidewater four ten O nine
G G 
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Tell the folks back home this
is the promised land callin'
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And the poor boy's on the line

Outro 1

F

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