Promised Land 4/4 The Band Chuck Berry
GI / left my home in / Norfolk, Virginia,
GCali - / fornia on my / Cmind,
DI / straddled that Greyhound, and
DRode him into Raleigh, and
DOn across Caro - / Gline.
GWe / stopped in Charlotte, to / by pass Brockhill,
GWe / never was a minute / Clate,
DWe was / ninety miles out of At - / lanta by sundown,
DRollin' out of Georgia / Gstate.
GWe / had motor trouble that / turned into a struggle,
GHalf - / way across Ala - / bam', Cand
DThat / hound broke down and / left us all stranded,
DIn / downtown Birming - / Gham.
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GRight away I bought me a / through train ticket,
GRight a - / cross Mississippi / Cclean,
DI was / on that midnight / flyer out of Birmingham,
DSmokin' into New Or - / Gleans.
GSomebody help me get / out of Louisiana,
GHelp me get to Houston / Ctown,
DThere are / people there, who / care a bit about me, and
DThey / won't let the po' boy / Gdown.
GSure as you're born they / bought me a silk suit,
GPut luggage in my / hand, Cand
DI / woke up high over / Alberquerque,
DOn a / jet to the promised / Gland.
GWorkin' on a T-bone / steak a la carte,
GFlyin' / over to the Golden / CState,
DWhen the / pilot told us in / thirteen minutes,
DHe would / set us at the terminal / Ggate.
GSwing low chariot, / come down easy,
GTaxi to the terminal / Czone,
DCut your engines and / cool your wings, and
DLet me / make it to the tele - / Gphone.
GLos Angeles, give me / Norfolk Virginia,
GTide - / water four ten o / Cnine,
DTell all the / folks back home, this is the / Promised Land callin', and
DThe / po' boy is on the / Gline.
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