Key: G major•
Verse 1
G
C
G
C
G
I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia,
C
D
California on my mind
Strattled that greyhound and rode him
Verse 2
D
We were ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown,
Verse 3
G
Had motor trouble, it turned into a struggle,
and left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham
G
Interlude 1
Ab
Verse 4
Ab
Right away I bought me a through- train ticket,
Eb
And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham,
Verse 5
smokin' into New Orleans
Eb
There's people there who care a little 'bout me,
Verse 6
Ab
Sure as you're born they bought me a silk suit,
Eb
And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a jet
Interlude 2
to the Promised Land
Ab
E
A
D
E
A
Verse 7
E
When the pilot told us that in thirteen minutes
Verse 8
Verse 9
E
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin'
and the poor boy's on the line
A
D
A
D
A
D
A
Verse 10
E
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land
Outro 1
callin' and the poor boy's on the line
A
D
A
D
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C D Ab Db...
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