G
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I left my home in Norfolk Virginia
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C
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California on my mind
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D
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I boarded that Greyhound,
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G
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Rode in into Raliegh on across Caroline
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G
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Stopped in Charlotte to by pass Rockhill
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C
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We never was a minute late
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D
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We were ninty miles out of Atlanta by sundown
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G
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Rollin' out of Georgia state
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G
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We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle
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C
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Halfway across Alabam
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D
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And that bow broke down
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G
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And left us stranded in downtown Birmingham
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G
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Right away I bought a through train ticket
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C
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Got across Mississippi clean
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D
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And I was on that Midnight Flyer out of Birmingham
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G
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Smokin' into New Orleans
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G
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Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
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C
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Help me get to Houston Town
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strum
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4
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V ^ V ^ ^ V
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D
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There are people there who care a little 'bout me
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G
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And won't put the poor boy down
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G
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Georgia born, they bought me a silk suit
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C
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And put luggage in my hand
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D
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And woke up high over Albuquerque
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G
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On a jet to the promised land
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G
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Workin' on a T-bone ala cartee
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C
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Flyin' over to the Golden State
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D
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When the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
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G
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He would set us at the terminal gate
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G
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Swing low chariot, come down easy
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C
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Taxi to the terminal door
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D
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Cut your engines and cool your wings
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G
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And let me make it to the telephone
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G
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Los Angeles, give me Norfolk Virginia
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C
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Tidewater four ten o nine
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D
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Tell all the folks back home
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It's the promised land callin'
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G
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And the poor boy is on the line
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The Promised Land
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| The Band |
