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, California, on my mind
F
F

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G
G

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I straddled that greyhound
and rode him into Raleigh
C
C

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and on across Carolina
We stopped in Charlotte
to bypass Rock Hill,
we never was a minute late
F
F

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G
G

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We were ninety miles out of Atlanta
by sundown,
rollin' out of Georgia State
C
C

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We had motor trouble
that turned into a struggle
F
F

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halfway across Alabama
G
G

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And that hound broke down
and left us all stranded
in downtown Birmingham
C
C

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F
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G
G

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C
C

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Right away I bought me
a through train ticket
F
F

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ridin' across Mississippi clean
G
G

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And I was on that midnight flyer
out of Birmingham
C
C

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smokin' into New Or leans
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
F
F

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just to help me get to Houston town
G
G

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There are people there
who care a little about me
C
C

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and they won't let the poor boy down
Jersey born me, bought me a silk suit,
F
F

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put luggage in my hand
G
G

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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 1
C
C

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F
F

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G
G

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C
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Verse 2
C
C

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Workin' on a T -Bone steak,
I like party flyin' over
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F

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to the Golden State
G
G

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When the pilot told us in
thirteen minutes
C
C

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he would set us at the terminal gate
Swing low the chariot, come down easy
F
F

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Taxi to the terminal zone
G
G

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Cut your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
C
C

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Los Angeles, give me Norfolk,
Virginia
Tidewater 410 -09
F
F

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G
G

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Tell the folks back home
this is the promised land
Call it and the poor boy's
C
C

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F
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G
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