G5
I LEFT MY HOME IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA
                 C5
CALIFORNIA ON MY MIND
  D5
I BOARDED THAT GREYHOUND,
                                    G5
RODE IN INTO RALIEGH ON ACROSS CAROLINE
G5
STOPPED IN CHARLOTTE TO BY PASS ROCKHILL
                      C5
WE NEVER WAS A MINUTE LATE
        D5
WE WERE NINTY MILES OUT OF ATLANTA BY SUNDOWN
                       G5
ROLLIN' OUT OF GEORGIA STATE
   G5
WE HAD MOTOR TROUBLE THAT TURNED INTO A STRUGGLE
                  C5
HALFWAY ACROSS ALABAM
         D5
AND THAT BOW BROKE DOWN
                                        G5
AND LEFT US STRANDED IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM
G5
RIGHT AWAY I BOUGHT A THROUGH TRAIN TICKET
                       C5
GOT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI CLEAN
          D5
AND I WAS ON THAT MIDNIGHT FLYER OUT OF BIRMINGHAM
                     G5
SMOKIN' INTO NEW ORLEANS
G5
SOMEBODY HELP ME GET OUT OF LOUISIANA
                       C5
HELP ME GET TO HOUSTON TOWN

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          D5
THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO CARE A LITTLE 'BOUT ME
                           G5
AND WON'T PUT THE POOR BOY DOWN
G5
GEORGIA BORN, THEY BOUGHT ME A SILK SUIT
                      C5
AND PUT LUGGAGE IN MY HAND
    D5
AND WOKE UP HIGH OVER ALBUQUERQUE
                         G5
ON A JET TO THE PROMISED LAND
G5
WORKIN' ON A T-BONE ALA CARTEE
                          C5
FLYIN' OVER TO THE GOLDEN STATE
         D5
WHEN THE PILOT TOLD US IN THIRTEEN MINUTES
                                G5
HE WOULD SET US AT THE TERMINAL GATE
G5
SWING LOW CHARIOT, COME DOWN EASY
                     C5
TAXI TO THE TERMINAL DOOR
D5
CUT YOUR ENGINES AND COOL YOUR WINGS
                              G5
AND LET ME MAKE IT TO THE TELEPHONE
G5
LOS ANGELES, GIVE ME NORFLOK VIRGINIA
                     C5
TIDEWATER FOUR TEN O NINE
             D5
TELL ALL THE FOLKS BACK HOME

IT'S THE PROMISED LAND CALLIN'
                           G5
AND THE POOR BOY IS ON THE LINE