the promised land chords by Dave Edmunds
Intro 1
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I left my home in Norfolk
Verse 1
Virginia,
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California on my mind.
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We straddled that Greyhound,
rode him into Raleigh,
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Verse 2
On across Caroline.
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We stopped at Charlotte
and bypassed Rock Hill,
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We never was a minute late.
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And we was ninety miles out
of Atlanta by sundown,
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Rollin' outa 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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When that 'hound broke down
and left us all stranded
In downtown Birmingham.
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So
Verse 4
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right away
I bought me a through train ticket,
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Right across Mississippi clean
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And I was on that midnight
flyer outa Birmingham
Smoking into New Orleans.
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Verse 5
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
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Just help me get to Houston town.
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Well there are people there who
care a little 'bout me
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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
On a jet to the promised
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land.
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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Workin' on a T- bone steak a la carte
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Flying over to the Golden State;
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When the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
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He would set us at the terminal gate.
Verse 8
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Swing low chariot, come down easy
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Taxi to the terminal zone;
Cut your engines,
an 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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Dial forty four ten O nine
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And tell the folks back home
this is the promised land
Callin'
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And the poor boy's on the line.
the promised land
Dave Edmunds
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