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capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higherSong
Promised Land 4/4 The Band Chuck Berry
Standard Tuning Capo 2
/ G /
I / left my home in / Norfolk, Virginia,
/ G / C
Cali - / fornia on my / mind,
/ D
I / straddled that Greyhound, and
Rode him into Raleigh, and
D / G
On across Caro - / line.
/ G /
We / stopped in Charlotte, to / by pass Brockhill,
/ G / C
We / never was a minute / late,
/ D /
We was / ninety miles out of At - / lanta by sundown,
D / G
Rollin' out of Georgia / state.
/ G /
We / had motor trouble that / turned into a struggle,
/ G / C
Half - / way across Ala - / bam', and
/ D /
That / hound broke down and / left us all stranded,
/ D / G
In / downtown Birming - / ham.
Break: One verse Instrumental
G /
Right away I bought me a / through train ticket,
/ G / C
Right a - / cross Mississippi / clean,
/ D /
I was / on that midnight / flyer out of Birmingham,
D / G
Smokin' into New Or - / leans.
G /
Somebody help me get / out of Louisiana,
G / C
Help me get to Houston / town,
/ D /
There are / people there, who / care a bit about me, and
/ D / G
They / won't let the po' boy / down.
G /
Sure as you're born they / bought me a silk suit,
G / C
Put luggage in my / hand, and
/ D /
I / woke up high over / Alberquerque,
/ D / G
On a / jet to the promised / land.
Break:
G /
Workin' on a T-bone / steak a la carte,
/ G / C
Flyin' / over to the Golden / State,
/ D /
When the / pilot told us in / thirteen minutes,
/ D / G
He would / set us at the terminal / gate.
G /
Swing low chariot, / come down easy,
G / C
Taxi to the terminal / zone,
D /
Cut your engines and / cool your wings, and
/ D / G
Let me / make it to the tele - / phone.
G /
Los Angeles, give me / Norfolk Virginia,
/ G / C
Tide - / water four ten o / nine,
D / /
Tell all the / folks back home, this is the / Promised Land callin', and
/ D / G
The / po' boy is on the / line.
Outro: One verse Instrumental
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