The Promised Land

Promised Land     4/4     The Band     Chuck Berry

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                    / G                     /

I / left my home in / Norfolk, Virginia,

         / G                   / C

Cali - / fornia on my / mind,

  / D

I / straddled that Greyhound, and

D

Rode him into Raleigh, and

D                        / G

On across Caro - / line.



      / G                                   /

We / stopped in Charlotte, to / by pass Brockhill,

      / G                            / C

We / never was a minute / late,

             / D                                  /

We was / ninety miles out of At - / lanta by sundown,

D                                / G

Rollin' out of Georgia / state.



      / G                                 /

We / had motor trouble that / turned into a struggle,

          / G                        / C

Half - / way across Ala - / bam', and

        / D                                 /

That / hound broke down and / left us all stranded,

    / D                              / G

In / downtown Birming - / ham.



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G                                      /

Right away I bought me a / through train ticket,

               / G                       / C

Right a - / cross Mississippi / clean,

         / D                       /

I was / on that midnight / flyer out of Birmingham,

D                                 / G

Smokin' into New Or - / leans.



G                                 /

Somebody help me get / out of Louisiana,

G                                   / C

Help me get to Houston / town,



               / D                          /

There are / people there, who / care a bit about me, and

         / D                                / G

They / won't let the po' boy / down.

G                                   /

Sure as you're born they / bought me a silk suit,

G                          / C

Put luggage in my / hand, and

  / D                           /

I / woke up high over / Alberquerque,

        / D                           / G

On a / jet to the promised / land.



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G                              /

Workin' on a T-bone / steak a la carte,

         / G                           / C

Flyin' / over to the Golden / State,

                / D                    /

When the / pilot told us in / thirteen minutes,

                / D                              / G

He would / set us at the terminal / gate.



G                           /

Swing low chariot, / come down easy,

G                            / C

Taxi to the terminal / zone,

D                               /

Cut your engines and / cool your wings, and

            / D                            / G

Let me / make it to the tele - / phone.



G                               /

Los Angeles, give me / Norfolk Virginia,

          / G                       / C

Tide - / water four ten o / nine,

D              /                                            /

Tell all the / folks back home, this is the / Promised Land callin', and

       / D                        / G

The / po' boy is on the / line.



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