#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: 26 Sep 95 15:51:08 EDT From: Scott Durham <[email protected]> Song: PROMISED LAND Performed by: THE BAND Submitted by Scott Durham [email protected] G I LEFT MY HOME IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA C CALIFORNIA ON MY MIND D I BOARDED THAT GREYHOUND, G RODE IN INTO RALIEGH ON ACROSS CAROLINE G STOPPED IN CHARLOTTE TO BY PASS ROCKHILL C WE NEVER WAS A MINUTE LATE D WE WERE NINTY MILES OUT OF ATLANTA BY SUNDOWN G ROLLIN' OUT OF GEORGIA STATE G WE HAD MOTOR TROUBLE THAT TURNED INTO A STRUGGLE C HALFWAY ACROSS ALABAM D AND THAT BOW BROKE DOWN G AND LEFT US STRANDED IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM G RIGHT AWAY I BOUGHT A THROUGH TRAIN TICKET C GOT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI CLEAN D AND I WAS ON THAT MIDNIGHT FLYER OUT OF BIRMINGHAM G SMOKIN' INTO NEW ORLEANS G SOMEBODY HELP ME GET OUT OF LOUISIANA C HELP ME GET TO HOUSTON TOWN strum 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 V ^ V ^ ^ V D THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO CARE A LITTLE 'BOUT ME G AND WON'T PUT THE POOR BOY DOWN G GEORGIA BORN, THEY BOUGHT ME A SILK SUIT C AND PUT LUGGAGE IN MY HAND D AND WOKE UP HIGH OVER ALBUQUERQUE G ON A JET TO THE PROMISED LAND G WORKIN' ON A T-BONE ALA CARTEE C FLYIN' OVER TO THE GOLDEN STATE D WHEN THE PILOT TOLD US IN THIRTEEN MINUTES G HE WOULD SET US AT THE TERMINAL GATE G SWING LOW CHARIOT, COME DOWN EASY C TAXI TO THE TERMINAL DOOR D CUT YOUR ENGINES AND COOL YOUR WINGS G AND LET ME MAKE IT TO THE TELEPHONE G LOS ANGELES, GIVE ME NORFLOK VIRGINIA C TIDEWATER FOUR TEN O NINE D TELL ALL THE FOLKS BACK HOME IT'S THE PROMISED LAND CALLIN' G AND THE POOR BOY IS ON THE LINE \\\\\\\\[]\\\\ [] [] \\ [] [] [] ////////[] [] IF YOU GIVE MORE THAN YOU GET [][] [] YOU WILL GET MORE THAN YOU GIVE [][] // \\\\\\\\[]////
