• Song:

    Promised Land

  • Artist:

    The Band

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Date: 26 Sep 95 15:51:08 EDT
From: Scott Durham 

Song:  PROMISED LAND
Performed by:  THE BAND
Submitted by Scott Durham 75372.257@compuserve.com

  GI (320003@1)LEFT MY HOME IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA
                 CCALIFORNIA (x32010@1)ON MY MIND
  DI (xx0232@1)BOARDED THAT GREYHOUND,
                                    GRODE (320003@1)IN INTO RALIEGH ON ACROSS CAROLINE
GSTOPPED (320003@1)IN CHARLOTTE TO BY PASS ROCKHILL
                      CWE (x32010@1)NEVER WAS A MINUTE LATE
        DWE (xx0232@1)WERE NINTY MILES OUT OF ATLANTA BY SUNDOWN
                       GROLLIN' (320003@1)OUT OF GEORGIA STATE
   GWE (320003@1)HAD MOTOR TROUBLE THAT TURNED INTO A STRUGGLE
                  CHALFWAY (x32010@1)ACROSS ALABAM
         DAND (xx0232@1)THAT BOW BROKE DOWN
                                        GAND (320003@1)LEFT US STRANDED IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM
GRIGHT (320003@1)AWAY I BOUGHT A THROUGH TRAIN TICKET
                       CGOT (x32010@1)ACROSS MISSISSIPPI CLEAN
          DAND (xx0232@1)I WAS ON THAT MIDNIGHT FLYER OUT OF BIRMINGHAM
                     GSMOKIN' (320003@1)INTO NEW ORLEANS
GSOMEBODY (320003@1)HELP ME GET OUT OF LOUISIANA
                       CHELP (x32010@1)ME GET TO HOUSTON TOWN

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

          DTHERE (xx0232@1)ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO CARE A LITTLE 'BOUT ME
                           GAND (320003@1)WON'T PUT THE POOR BOY DOWN
GGEORGIA (320003@1)BORN, THEY BOUGHT ME A SILK SUIT
                      CAND (x32010@1)PUT LUGGAGE IN MY HAND
    DAND (xx0232@1)WOKE UP HIGH OVER ALBUQUERQUE
                         GON (320003@1)A JET TO THE PROMISED LAND
GWORKIN' (320003@1)ON A T-BONE ALA CARTEE
                          CFLYIN' (x32010@1)OVER TO THE GOLDEN STATE
         DWHEN (xx0232@1)THE PILOT TOLD US IN THIRTEEN MINUTES
                                GHE (320003@1)WOULD SET US AT THE TERMINAL GATE
GSWING (320003@1)LOW CHARIOT, COME DOWN EASY
                     CTAXI (x32010@1)TO THE TERMINAL DOOR
DCUT (xx0232@1)YOUR ENGINES AND COOL YOUR WINGS
                              GAND (320003@1)LET ME MAKE IT TO THE TELEPHONE
GLOS (320003@1)ANGELES, GIVE ME NORFLOK VIRGINIA
                     CTIDEWATER (x32010@1)FOUR TEN O NINE
             DTELL (xx0232@1)ALL THE FOLKS BACK HOME

IT'S THE PROMISED LAND CALLIN'
                           GAND (320003@1)THE POOR BOY IS ON THE LINE

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