The Promised Land chords by
Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers

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Key: A major
Verse 1
G
G

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A
A

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G
G

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I left
my home in
Norfolk,
Virginia,
C
C

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California, on my mind
D
D

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I straddled that greyhound
and rode it into
Raleigh and all across
Carolina
G
G

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We stopped at
Charlotte to buy a pass right here,
we never was a minute late
C
C

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D
D

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And we were 90 miles out of
Atlanta by sundown
Rollin' out of
Georgia
G
G

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State
We had no trouble
It turned into a struggle
Halfway across
C
C

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Alabama
D
D

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And that hound broke down
And left us all stranded
In downtown
Birmingham
G
G

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Hey!
C
C

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D
D

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G
G

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All right!
Right away,
bought me a through -train ticket
Riding across
C
C

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Mississippi clean
D
D

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And I was on that midnight fly
Out of
Birmingham,
Spokane and
New
Orleans
G
G

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Somebody helped me get out of
Louisiana
Just to help me hit the
C
C

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Houston town
D
D

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There are people there who
care a little about me
G
G

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And they won't let the poor boy down
Sure as your ball they bought me a silk suit
C
C

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Put luggage in my hand
D
D

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And when I woke up I was over
Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land
G
G

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Interlude 1
G
G

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C
C

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D
D

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G
G

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Verse 2
G
G

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Workin' on a cheap old steak aisle
I caught it flyin' over to the
Golden
C
C

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State
D
D

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When a pilot told us in thirteen minutes
G
G

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He would set us at the terminal gate
Swing low chariot, calm down easy
C
C

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Taxi to the terminal zone
D
D

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Cut your wings, crew your wigs
G
G

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And let me make it to the telephone
Los
Angeles,
Skimmy,
Norfolk,
Virginia
C
C

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Tidewater flow 1009
D
D

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Tell the folks back home
This is a promised land calling
G
G

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And the po' boy is on the line
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