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 strum 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 V ^ V ^ ^ V 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