The Promised Land Chords

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 I GLEFT MY HOME IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA

 CALIFORNIA ON MY CMIND

 I DBOARDED THAT GREYHOUND,

 RODE IN INTO RALIEGH ON ACROSS CAROLGINE

GSTOPPED IN CHARLOTTE TO BY PASS ROCKHILL

 WE NEVER WAS A MINUTE CLATE

 WE WERE DNINTY MILES OUT OF ATLANTA BY SUNDOWN

 ROLLIN' OUT OF GEORGIA GSTATE

 WE GHAD MOTOR TROUBLE THAT TURNED INTO A STRUGGLE

 HALFWAY ACROSS ALACBAM

 AND THAT DBOW BROKE DOWN

 AND LEFT US STRANDED IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGGHAM

GRIGHT AWAY I BOUGHT A THROUGH TRAIN TICKET

 GOT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI CCLEAN

 AND I WAS DON THAT MIDNIGHT FLYER OUT OF BIRMINGHAM

 SMOKIN' INTO NEW ORLEGANS

GSOMEBODY HELP ME GET OUT OF LOUISIANA

 HELP ME GET TO HOUSTON CTOWN

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 THERE ARE DPEOPLE THERE WHO CARE A LITTLE 'BOUT ME

 AND WON'T PUT THE POOR BOY GDOWN

GGEORGIA BORN, THEY BOUGHT ME A SILK SUIT

 AND PUT LUGGAGE IN MY CHAND

 AND DWOKE UP HIGH OVER ALBUQUERQUE

 ON A JET TO THE PROMISED GLAND

GWORKIN' ON A T-BONE ALA CARTEE

 FLYIN' OVER TO THE GOLDEN CSTATE

 WHEN THE DPILOT TOLD US IN THIRTEEN MINUTES

 HE WOULD SET US AT THE TERMINAL GGATE

GSWING LOW CHARIOT, COME DOWN EASY

 TAXI TO THE TERMINAL CDOOR

DCUT YOUR ENGINES AND COOL YOUR WINGS

 AND LET ME MAKE IT TO THE TELEGPHONE

GLOS ANGELES, GIVE ME NORFLOK VIRGINIA

 TIDEWATER FOUR TEN O CNINE

 TELL ALL THE DFOLKS BACK HOME

IT'S THE PROMISED LAND CALLIN'

 AND THE POOR BOY IS ON THE GLINE

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////////[] [] IF YOU GIVE MORE THAN YOU GET

[][] [] YOU WILL GET MORE THAN YOU GIVE

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