the promised land chords by
Freddy Weller

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Key: G major•

Verse 1

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I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia,

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California on my mind

Strattled that greyhound and rode him

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into Releigh and on across Caroline

Verse 2

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Stopped in Charlotte we

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bypassed Blackhill, never was a minute late

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We were ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown,

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rollin' out of Georgia state

Verse 3
G G 
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Had motor trouble, it turned into a struggle,
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half way across Alabama
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And the hound broke down,
and left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham
G G 
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Interlude 1

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Verse 4

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Right away I bought me a through- train ticket,

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ridin' 'cross Mississippi clean

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And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham,

Verse 5
smokin' into New Orleans
Ab Ab 4
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Somebody help me get out of Louisiana,
Db Db 4
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help me get to Houston town
Eb Eb 6
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There's people there who care a little 'bout me,
Ab Ab 4
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and they won't a- 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 hand

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And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a jet

Interlude 2

to the Promised Land

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Verse 7

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Workin' on a T- bone steak a La Carte,

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flyin' over to the golden state

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When the pilot told us that 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 dome

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Cut your engines and cool your wings

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and let me make it to the telephone

Verse 9
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Los Angeles give me Norfolk, Virginia,
D D 
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Tidewater four- ten- o- nine
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Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin'
and the poor boy's on the line
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D D 
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D D 
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D D 
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