Remove AdsPromised Land 4/4 The Band Chuck Berry
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/ G /I / left my home in / Norfolk, Virginia,
/ G / CCali - / fornia on my / mind,
/ DI / straddled that Greyhound, and
DRode him into Raleigh, and
D / GOn across Caro - / line.
/ G /We / stopped in Charlotte, to / by pass Brockhill,
/ G / CWe / never was a minute / late,
/ D /We was / ninety miles out of At - / lanta by sundown,
D / GRollin' out of Georgia / state.
/ G /We / had motor trouble that / turned into a struggle,
/ G / CHalf - / way across Ala - / bam', and
/ D /That / hound broke down and / left us all stranded,
/ D / GIn / downtown Birming - / ham.
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G /Right away I bought me a / through train ticket,
/ G / CRight a - / cross Mississippi / clean,
/ D /I was / on that midnight / flyer out of Birmingham,
D / GSmokin' into New Or - / leans.
G /Somebody help me get / out of Louisiana,
G / CHelp me get to Houston / town,
/ D /There are / people there, who / care a bit about me, and
/ D / GThey / won't let the po' boy / down.
G /Sure as you're born they / bought me a silk suit,
G / CPut luggage in my / hand, and
/ D /I / woke up high over / Alberquerque,
/ D / GOn a / jet to the promised / land.
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G /Workin' on a T-bone / steak a la carte,
/ G / CFlyin' / over to the Golden / State,
/ D /When the / pilot told us in / thirteen minutes,
/ D / GHe would / set us at the terminal / gate.
G /Swing low chariot, / come down easy,
G / CTaxi to the terminal / zone,
D /Cut your engines and / cool your wings, and
/ D / GLet me / make it to the tele - / phone.
G /Los Angeles, give me / Norfolk Virginia,
/ G / CTide - / water four ten o / nine,
D / /Tell all the / folks back home, this is the / Promised Land callin', and
/ D / GThe / po' boy is on the / line.
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