Tonart: G major•
Verse 1
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I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia,
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California on my mind
Strattled that greyhound and rode him
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into Releigh and on across Caroline
Verse 2
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Stopped in Charlotte we
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bypassed Blackhill, never was a minute late
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We were ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown,
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rollin' out of Georgia state
Verse 3
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Had motor trouble, it turned into a struggle,
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half way across Alabama
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And the hound broke down,
and left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham
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Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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Right away I bought me a through- train ticket,
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ridin' 'cross Mississippi clean
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And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham,
Verse 5
smokin' into New Orleans
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Somebody help me get out of Louisiana,
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help me get to Houston town
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There's people there who care a little 'bout me,
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and they won't a- let the poor boy down
Verse 6
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Sure as you're born they bought me a silk suit,
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put luggage in my hand
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And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a jet
Interlude 2
to the Promised Land
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Verse 7
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Workin' on a T- bone steak a La Carte,
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flyin' over to the golden state
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When the pilot told us that in thirteen minutes
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he would set us at the terminal gate
Verse 8
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Swing low chariot, come down easy,
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taxi to the terminal dome
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Cut your engines and cool your wings
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and let me make it to the telephone
Verse 9
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Los Angeles give me Norfolk, Virginia,
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Tidewater four- ten- o- nine
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Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin'
and the poor boy's on the line
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Verse 10
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Tell the folks back home this is the promised land
Outro 1
callin' and the poor boy's on the line
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