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Verse 1
C
I left my home in Norfolk Virginia
G
I Straddled that Greyhound,
and rolled in into Raleigh
and all across Carolina
C
Verse 2
Stopped in Charlotte
and bypassed Rock Hill
F
And we never was a minute late
G
We was ninety miles out
of Atlanta by sundown
C
Rollin' out of Georgia state
Verse 3
C
We had motor trouble it turned
into a struggle,
G
And that 'hound broke down
and left us all stranded
In downtown Birmingham
C
Interlude 1
F
G
C
Verse 4
I bought me a through train ticket
F
Ridin' cross Mississippi clean
G
And I was on that midnight flier
out of Birmingham
C
Smoking into New Orleans
Verse 5
C
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
F
Just help me get to Houston town
who care a little 'bout me
C
And they won't let the poor boy down
Verse 6
they bought me a silk suit
F
Put luggage in my hands,
G
And I woke up high over Albuquerque
C
On a jet to the promised land
Interlude 2
C
F
G
C
Verse 7
C
Workin' on a T-bone steak steak
a la carte
F
Flying over to the Golden State
G
Oh when The pilot told me in
thirteen minutes
C
We'd be headin' in the terminal gate
Verse 8
C
Swing low chariot, come down easy
F
Taxi to the terminal zone
G
Cut your engines, cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
C
Verse 9
Los Angeles give
me Norfolk Virginia
F
Tidewater four ten O nine
G
Tell the folks back home this
is the promised land callin'
C
And the poor boy's on the line
Outro 1
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