Promised Land

C I left my home in Norfolk F Virginia, California on my mind G Straddled that Greyhound C It rode me past Raleigh, and on across Caroline C 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 Rolling across the Georgia state C Had motor trouble, it turned into a struggle F Half way across Alabama G The Hound broke down C Left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham C Straight off bought me a through train ticket F Right across Mississippi clean G And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham C Smoking into New Orleans C Somebody help me get out of Louisiana F Just help me get to Houston town G People are there who care a little about me C And they won't let the poor boy down C Sure as she bore me, she bought me a silk suit F Put luggage in my hands And I woke up high over Albuquerque C On a jet to the promised land C Working on a T-bone steak a la carte F Flying over to the Golden State G When the pilot told us in thirteen minutes C We'd be heading in the terminal gate C Swing low sweet chariot, come down easy F Taxi to the terminal zone G Cut your engines, cool your wings C And let me make it to the telephone C Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia F Tidewater four ten oh nine G Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling C And the poor boy's on the line