Promised Land chords by Chuck Berry, Matchbox

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Verse 1
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I  (C major) left my home in Norfolk,
Virginia, California, on my mind
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G 
 (F major) I  (G major) straddled that greyhound
and rode him into Raleigh
C 
and on across Carolin (C major) a
We stopped in Charlotte
to bypass Rock Hill,
we never was a minute late
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G 
 (F major) We were  (G major) ninety miles out of Atlanta
by sundown,
rollin' out of Georgia State
C 
 (C major) We had motor trouble
that turned into a struggle
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halfway across Alabama  (F major) 
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And that hound  (G major) broke down
and left us all stranded
in downtown Birmingham
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C 
 (C major) Right away I bought me
a through train ticket
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ridin' across Mississippi  (F major) clean
G 
And I was  (G major) on that midnight flyer
out of Birmingham
C 
smokin' into New  (C major) Or leans
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
F 
just to help me get to Houston  (F major) town
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There are  (G major) people there
who care a little about me
C 
and they won't let the poor boy down  (C major) 
Jersey born me, bought me a silk suit,
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put luggage in  (F major) my hand
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And I  (G major) woke up high over Albuquerque
C 
on a jet to the promised land  (C major) 

Interlude 1

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Verse 2
C 
Workin' on a T -Bone steak,  (C major) 
I like party flyin' over
F 
to the Golden  (F major) State
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When the  (G major) pilot told us in
thirteen minutes
C 
he would set us at the terminal gate  (C major) 
Swing low the chariot, come down easy
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Taxi to the terminal  (F major) zone
G 
Cut  (G major) your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
C 
 (C major) Los Angeles, give me Norfolk,
Virginia
Tidewater 410 -09
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 (F major) Tell the  (G major) folks back home
this is the promised land
Call it and the poor boy's
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on the line  (C major)  (F major)  (G major) 
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