the promised land chords by Dave Edmunds
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major)
I (C major) left my home in Norfolk
Verse 1
Virginia,
California on my mind. (F major)
(C major) We (G major) straddled that Greyhound,
rode him into Raleigh,
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Verse 2
On across Caroline.
(C major) We stopped at Charlotte
and bypassed Rock Hill,
We never was a minute late. (F major)
And (C major) we was (G major) ninety miles out
of Atlanta by sundown,
Rollin' outa Georgia state. (C major)
Verse 3
We (C major) had motor trouble
it turned into a struggle,
Half way 'cross (F major) Alabam,
When (C major) that 'hound (G major) broke down
and left us all stranded
In downtown Birmingham.
(C major) So
Verse 4
(F major) (G major)
(C major) (F major) (G major)
(C major) right away
I bought me a through train ticket,
Right across Mississippi clean (F major)
An (C major) d I was (G major) on that midnight
flyer outa Birmingham
Smoking into New Orleans.
(C major)
Verse 5
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Just help me get to Houston town. (F major)
Well (G major) there are people there who
care a little 'bout me
And they won't let the poor boy down. (C major)
Verse 6
Sure as you're born, (C major)
they bought me a silk suit,
Put luggage in my hands, (F major)
And I (G major) woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised
(C major) land.
Interlude 1
(C major) (F major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 7
Workin' on a T- bone steak (C major) a la carte
Flying over to the Golden (F major) State;
When the (G major) pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal gate. (C major)
Verse 8
Swing low (C major) chariot, come down easy
Taxi to the terminal (F major) (G major) zone;
Cut your engines,
an cool your wings,
And let me make it to the telephone.
(C major)
Verse 9
Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia,
Dial forty four ten O nine (F major)
And tell the (G major) folks back home
this is the promised land
Callin'
And the poor boy's on the line. (C major)
the promised land
Dave Edmunds
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