Promised Land by Chuck Berry

Kar by Roger Mac Sequence by Steve Day

I LEFT MY HOME
IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA
CALIFORNIA ON MY MIND
I BOARDED THAT GREYHOUND,
RODE ON INTO RALIEGH
ON ACROSS CAROLINE
STOPPED IN CHARLOTTE
TO BY PASS ROCKHILL
WE NEVER WAS A MINUTE LATE
WE WERE NINTEY MILES
OUT OF ATLANTA BY SUNDOWN
ROLLIN' OUT OF GEORGIA STATE
WE HAD MOTOR TROUBLE
THAT TURNED INTO A STRUGGLE
HALFWAY ACROSS ALABAM
AND THAT BUS BROKE DOWN
AND LEFT US STRANDED
IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM

RIGHT AWAY I BOUGHT
A THROUGH TRAIN TICKET
GOT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI CLEAN
AND I WAS ON THAT MIDNIGHT FLYER
OUT OF BIRMINGHAM
SMOKIN' INTO NEW ORLEANS
SOME BODY HELPED ME
GET OUT OF LOUISIANA
HELP ME GET TO HOUSTON TOWN
THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE
WHO CARE A LITTLE 'BOUT ME
AND WON'T PUT THE POOR BOY DOWN
GEORGIA BORN
THEY BOUGHT ME A SILK SUIT
AND PUT LUGGAGE IN MY HAND
AND WOKE UP HIGH
OVER ALBUQUERQUE
ON A JET TO THE PROMISED LAND

WORKIN' ON A T BONE
ALA CARTEE
FLYIN' OVER TO THE GOLDEN STATE
WHEN THE PILOT TOLD US
IN THIRTEEN MINUTES
HE WOULD SET US
AT THE TERMINAL GATE
SWING LOW CHARIOT
COME DOWN EASY
TAXI TO THE TERMINAL DOOR
CUT YOUR ENGINES
AND COOL YOUR WINGS
AND LET ME MAKE IT
TO THE TELEPHONE
LOS ANGELES
GIVE ME NORFOLK VIRGINIA
TIDEWATER FOUR TEN O NINE
TELL ALL THE FOLKS BACK HOME
IT'S THE PROMISED LAND A CALLIN'
AND THE POOR BOY IS ON THE LINE

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(c) 1996-1997 V. Palleschi
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Soft Karaoke
Words
Fretless Bass
Nylon String
Nylon String
Steel String
Clarinet
Jazz Electric
The Promised Land
Chuck Berry
Arranged by
Steve Day
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