Jerry Lee Lewis – Promised Land (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
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1.0x
Chords
***Big thanks to martink12au for his input into creating this Tab.***
Tabbed by Robert Da Prato 13th Apr. 2023
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E A B e|0-0---0-0-0---0-|0-0---0-0-------|2-2-----2-2-2-2-| Strumming Patterns B|0-0---0-0-0---0-|2-2---2-2-3-x-4-|4-4-----4-4-2-2-| G|1-1---1-1-1---1-|2-2---2-2-3-x-4-|4-4-----4-4-2-2-| Note the walk up from A Chord to the B Chord D|2-2---2-2-2---2-|2-2-4-2-2-3-x-4-|4-4-6-6-4-4-2-2-| In the A strumming pattern. The B chord has a walk A|2---4---2---4---|0---0-0---------|2---2-2-2---2---| down to the E Chord using 2 strums of the 2nd fret. E|0---0---0---0---|----------------|----------------| d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
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[Intro]
E E E E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
(Drums Start) Well I
[Verse 1]
E Left my home in Norfolk, Virginia, A California on my mind. B I posted this Greyhound, rode him into Raleigh, E And on across Caroline.
[Verse 2]
E We stopped in Charlotte but bypassed Rock Hill, A And we never was a minute late. B We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown, E Rollin' across the Georgia state.
[Verse 3]
E We had motor trouble, it turned into a struggle, A Half way 'cross Alabam, B And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded E In downtown Birmingham.
[Verse 4]
E Straight off I bought me a through-train ticket, A That drives across the Mississippi clean B And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham E Smoking into New Orleans.
[Verse 5]
E Somebody help me get out of Louisiana A Just to help me get to Houston Town B There's people there who care a little about me E And they won't let the poor boy down
[Instrumental]
E E E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | B B B E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Sit down
E E E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | B B B E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 6]
E Soon as I was born, they bought me a silk suit A Put luggage in my hand B And I woke up high over Alburquerque E On a jet to the promised land
[Verse 7]
E Working on a T-bone steak a la carte A Flying over to the Golden State B When the driver told me in thirteen minutes E we'd be headed for the terminal gate
[Verse 8]
E My bearings by Jerry, jumped my knee A Taxi to the terminal zone B Cut your engines and cool your wings E Then take me to the telephone
[Verse 9]
E Los Angeles, give me No'folk, V'ginia A Tidewater four ten o nine B Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling E And the poor boy is on the line
[Outro]
E E E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | B B B E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Sit down
E E E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | B B B E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | E E E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | B B B E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | E E E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | B B B E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Take it joe one more time, here
E E E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | B B B E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | E E E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | B B B E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | E E E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | B B B E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | E E E E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | A B B E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
(Fades out.................................................)