the promised land
the promised land

the promised land easy guitar chords by Dave Edmunds

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    • Intro 1

    I 
    left 
    my home 
    in Norfolk 
    Verse 1
    Virginia, 


    California 
    on my 
    mind. 

    We 
    straddled 
    that 
    Greyhound, 

    rode 
    him into 
    Raleigh, 

    Verse 2
    On 
    across 
    Caroline. 

    We 
    stopped 
    at 
    Charlotte 

    and 
    bypassed Rock 
    Hill, 

    We 
    never 
    was 
    a minute 
    late. 

    And 
    we was 
    ninety 
    miles 
    out 

    of Atlanta 
    by 
    sundown, 

    Rollin' 
    outa 
    Georgia 
    state. 

    Verse 3
    We 
    had 
    motor 
    trouble 

    it turned 
    into 
    a struggle, 

    Half 
    way 
    'cross 
    Alabam, 

    When 
    that 'hound 
    broke down 

    and left 
    us all 
    stranded 

    In downtown 
    Birmingham. 

    So 
    Verse 4


    right 
    away 

    I bought me 
    a through 
    train 
    ticket, 

    Right 
    across 
    Mississippi 
    clean 

    An
    d I was 
    on 
    that 
    midnight 

    flyer 
    outa 
    Birmingham 

    Smoking 
    into 
    New Orleans. 

    Verse 5
    Somebody 
    help 
    me 
    get 
    out 
    of Louisiana 

    Just 
    help 
    me get to 
    Houston 
    town. 

    Well 
    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 1

    Verse 7
    Workin' 
    on 
    a T- bone 
    steak 
    a 
    la carte 

    Flying 
    over 
    to 
    the Golden 
    State; 

    When the 
    pilot 
    told 
    us in 
    thirteen 
    minutes 

    He 
    would set 
    us at the 
    terminal 
    gate. 

    Verse 8
    Swing 
    low 
    chariot, 
    come 
    down 
    easy 

    Taxi 
    to 
    the terminal 
    zone; 

    Cut your 
    engines, 

    an cool 
    your 
    wings, 

    And let me 
    make 
    it to 
    the telephone. 

    Verse 9
    Los 
    Angeles 
    give 
    me Norfolk 
    Virginia, 

    Dial 
    forty 
    four 
    ten 
    O nine 

    And 
    tell 
    the 
    folks 
    back 
    home 

    this is 
    the promised 
    land 

    Callin' 

    And the 
    poor boy's 
    on 
    the line. 

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