The Promised Land

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I / left my home in / Norfolk, 
             /
Virginia,
         / G                   / C
Cali - / fornia on my / mind,
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I / straddled that Greyhound, and
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Rode him into Raleigh, and
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On across Caro - / line.

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We / stopped in Charlotte, to / by 
         /
pass Brockhill,
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We / never was a minute / late,
 / C

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We was / ninety miles out of At - / 
              /
lanta by sundown,
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Rollin' out of Georgia / state.

      / G                           
We / had motor trouble that / turned
      /
 into a struggle,
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Half - / way across Ala - / bam', 
   / C
and
        / D                        
That / hound broke down and / left 
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us all stranded,
    / D                             
In / downtown Birming - / ham.
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G                                 
Right away I bought me a / through
     /
 train ticket,
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Right a - / cross Mississippi / 
         / C
clean,
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I was / on that midnight / flyer out
 of Birmingham,
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Smokin' into New Or - / leans.
 G


G                           
Somebody help me get / out of 
      /
Louisiana,
G                                 
Help me get to Houston / town,
  / C


               / D                  
There are / people there, who / care
        /
 a bit about me, and
         / D                        
They / won't let the po' boy / down.
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G                                 
Sure as you're born they / bought 
  /
me a silk suit,
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Put luggage in my / hand, and
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I / woke up high over / 
        /
Alberquerque,
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On a / jet to the promised / land.
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Break:

G                              /
Workin' on a T-bone / steak a la 
carte,
         / G                        
Flyin' / over to the Golden / State,
   / C

                / D           
When the / pilot told us in / 
         /
thirteen minutes,
                / D                 
He would / set us at the terminal / 
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gate.

G                           /
Swing low chariot, / come down easy,
G                            / C
Taxi to the terminal / zone,
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Cut your engines and / cool your 
wings, and
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Let me / make it to the tele - / 
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phone.

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Los Angeles, give me / Norfolk 
   /
Virginia,
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Tide - / water four ten o / nine,
/ C

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Tell all the / folks back home, 
                         /
this is the / Promised Land callin',
 and
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The / po' boy is on the / line.
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