The Band – Promised Land (Guitar)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: 26 Sep 95 15:51:08 EDT From: Scott Durham <[email protected]> Song: PROMISED LAND Performed by: THE BAND Submitted by Scott Durham [email protected]
  G
I LEFT MY HOME IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA

                 C
CALIFORNIA ON MY MIND

  D
I BOARDED THAT GREYHOUND,

                                    G
RODE IN INTO RALIEGH ON ACROSS CAROLINE

G
STOPPED IN CHARLOTTE TO BY PASS ROCKHILL

                      C
WE NEVER WAS A MINUTE LATE

        D
WE WERE NINTY MILES OUT OF ATLANTA BY SUNDOWN

                       G
ROLLIN' OUT OF GEORGIA STATE

   G
WE HAD MOTOR TROUBLE THAT TURNED INTO A STRUGGLE

                  C
HALFWAY ACROSS ALABAM

         D
AND THAT BOW BROKE DOWN

                                        G
AND LEFT US STRANDED IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM

G
RIGHT AWAY I BOUGHT A THROUGH TRAIN TICKET

                       C
GOT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI CLEAN

          D
AND I WAS ON THAT MIDNIGHT FLYER OUT OF BIRMINGHAM

                     G
SMOKIN' INTO NEW ORLEANS

G
SOMEBODY HELP ME GET OUT OF LOUISIANA

                       C
HELP ME GET TO HOUSTON TOWN
strum 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 V ^ V ^ ^ V
          D
THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO CARE A LITTLE 'BOUT ME

                           G
AND WON'T PUT THE POOR BOY DOWN

G
GEORGIA BORN, THEY BOUGHT ME A SILK SUIT

                      C
AND PUT LUGGAGE IN MY HAND

    D
AND WOKE UP HIGH OVER ALBUQUERQUE

                         G
ON A JET TO THE PROMISED LAND

G
WORKIN' ON A T-BONE ALA CARTEE

                          C
FLYIN' OVER TO THE GOLDEN STATE

         D
WHEN THE PILOT TOLD US IN THIRTEEN MINUTES

                                G
HE WOULD SET US AT THE TERMINAL GATE

G
SWING LOW CHARIOT, COME DOWN EASY

                     C
TAXI TO THE TERMINAL DOOR

D
CUT YOUR ENGINES AND COOL YOUR WINGS

                              G
AND LET ME MAKE IT TO THE TELEPHONE

G
LOS ANGELES, GIVE ME NORFLOK VIRGINIA

                     C
TIDEWATER FOUR TEN O NINE

             D
TELL ALL THE FOLKS BACK HOME
IT'S THE PROMISED LAND CALLIN'
                           G
AND THE POOR BOY IS ON THE LINE
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