The Promised Land

The Promised Land easy guitar chords by Johnny Rivers

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  • Verse 1
    left 

    my 
    home 
    in 

    Norfolk, 

    Virginia, 

    California, 
    on 
    my 
    mind 

    straddled 
    that 
    greyhound 

    and 
    rode 
    it 
    into 

    Raleigh 
    and 
    all 
    across 

    Carolina 

    We 
    stopped 
    at 

    Charlotte 
    to 
    buy 
    pass 
    right 
    here, 

    we 
    never 
    was 
    minute 
    late 

    And 
    we 
    were 
    90 
    miles 
    out 
    of 

    Atlanta 
    by 
    sundown 

    Rollin' 
    out 
    of 

    Georgia 

    State 

    We 
    had 
    no 
    trouble 

    It 
    turned 
    into 
    struggle 

    Halfway 
    across 

    Alabama 

    And 
    that 
    hound 
    broke 
    down 

    And 
    left 
    us 
    all 
    stranded 

    In 
    downtown 

    Birmingham 

    Hey! 

    All 
    right! 


    Right 
    away, 

    bought 
    me 
    through 
    -train 
    ticket 

    Riding 
    across 

    Mississippi 
    clean 

    And 
    was 
    on 
    that 
    midnight 
    fly 

    Out 
    of 

    Birmingham, 

    Spokane 
    and 

    New 

    Orleans 

    Somebody 
    helped 
    me 
    get 
    out 
    of 

    Louisiana 

    Just 
    to 
    help 
    me 
    hit 
    the 

    Houston 
    town 

    There 
    are 
    people 
    there 
    who 

    care 
    little about 
    me 

    And 
    they 
    won't 
    let 
    the 
    poor 
    boy 
    down 

    Sure 
    as 
    your 
    ball 
    they 
    bought 
    me 
    silk 
    suit 

    Put 
    luggage 
    in 
    my 
    hand 

    And 
    when 
    woke 
    up 
    was 
    over 

    Albuquerque 

    On 
    jet 
    to 
    the 
    promised 
    land 

    Hey! 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 2
    Workin' 
    on 
    cheap 
    old 
    steak 
    aisle 

    caught 
    it 
    flyin' 
    over 
    to 
    the 

    Golden 

    State 

    When 
    pilot 
    told 
    us 
    in 
    thirteen 
    minutes 

    He 
    would 
    set 
    us 
    at 
    the 
    terminal 
    gate 

    Swing 
    low 
    chariot, 
    calm 
    down 
    easy 

    Taxi 
    to 
    the 
    terminal 
    zone 

    Cut 
    your 
    wings, 
    crew 
    your 
    wigs 

    And 
    let 
    me 
    make 
    it 
    to 
    the 
    telephone 

    Los 

    Angeles, 

    Skimmy, 

    Norfolk, 

    Virginia 

    Tidewater 
    flow 
    1009 

    Tell 
    the 
    folks 
    back 
    home 

    This 
    is 
    promised 
    land 
    calling 

    And 
    the 
    po' 
    boy 
    is 
    on 
    the 
    line 

    You 

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