Promised Land     4/4     The Band     Chuck Berry
Standard Tuning Capo 2

                    / G (320003@1)                   /
I / left my home in / Norfolk, Virginia,
         / G (320003@1)                 / CCali (x32010@1)- / fornia on my / mind,
  / DI (xx0232@1)/ straddled that Greyhound, and
DRode (xx0232@1)him into Raleigh, and
D (xx0232@1)                      / GOn (320003@1)across Caro - / line.

      / G (320003@1)                                 /
We / stopped in Charlotte, to / by pass Brockhill,
      / G (320003@1)                          / CWe (x32010@1)/ never was a minute / late,
             / D (xx0232@1)                                /
We was / ninety miles out of At - / lanta by sundown,
D (xx0232@1)                              / GRollin' (320003@1)out of Georgia / state.

      / G (320003@1)                               /
We / had motor trouble that / turned into a struggle,
          / G (320003@1)                      / CHalf (x32010@1)- / way across Ala - / bam', and
        / D (xx0232@1)                               /
That / hound broke down and / left us all stranded,
    / D (xx0232@1)                            / GIn (320003@1)/ downtown Birming - / ham.

Break: One verse Instrumental

G (320003@1)                                    /
Right away I bought me a / through train ticket,
               / G (320003@1)                     / CRight (x32010@1)a - / cross Mississippi / clean,
         / D (xx0232@1)                     /
I was / on that midnight / flyer out of Birmingham,
D (xx0232@1)                               / GSmokin' (320003@1)into New Or - / leans.

G (320003@1)                               /
Somebody help me get / out of Louisiana,
G (320003@1)                                 / CHelp (x32010@1)me get to Houston / town,

               / D (xx0232@1)                        /
There are / people there, who / care a bit about me, and
         / D (xx0232@1)                              / GThey (320003@1)/ won't let the po' boy / down.
G (320003@1)                                 /
Sure as you're born they / bought me a silk suit,
G (320003@1)                        / CPut (x32010@1)luggage in my / hand, and
  / D (xx0232@1)                         /
I / woke up high over / Alberquerque,
        / D (xx0232@1)                         / GOn (320003@1)a / jet to the promised / land.

Break:

G (320003@1)                            /
Workin' on a T-bone / steak a la carte,
         / G (320003@1)                         / CFlyin' (x32010@1)/ over to the Golden / State,
                / D (xx0232@1)                  /
When the / pilot told us in / thirteen minutes,
                / D (xx0232@1)                            / GHe (320003@1)would / set us at the terminal / gate.

G (320003@1)                         /
Swing low chariot, / come down easy,
G (320003@1)                          / CTaxi (x32010@1)to the terminal / zone,
D (xx0232@1)                             /
Cut your engines and / cool your wings, and
            / D (xx0232@1)                          / GLet (320003@1)me / make it to the tele - / phone.

G (320003@1)                             /
Los Angeles, give me / Norfolk Virginia,
          / G (320003@1)                     / CTide (x32010@1)- / water four ten o / nine,
D (xx0232@1)            /                                            /
Tell all the / folks back home, this is the / Promised Land callin', and
       / D (xx0232@1)                      / GThe (320003@1)/ po' boy is on the / line.

Outro: One verse Instrumental