Promised Land 4/4 The Band Chuck Berry Standard Tuning Capo 2 / G / I / left my home in / Norfolk, Virginia, / / Cali - / fornia on my / mind, / I / straddled that Greyhound, and Rode him into Raleigh, and / On across Caro - / line. / G / We / stopped in Charlotte, to / by pass Brockhill, / / We / never was a minute / late, / D / We was / ninety miles out of At - / lanta by sundown, / Rollin' out of Georgia / state. / G / We / had motor trouble that / turned into a struggle, / / Half - / way across Ala - / bam', and / D / That / hound broke down and / left us all stranded, / / In / downtown Birming - / ham. Break: One verse Instrumental / Right away I bought me a / through train ticket, / / Right a - / cross Mississippi / clean, / D / I was / on that midnight / flyer out of Birmingham, / Smokin' into New Or - / leans. / Somebody help me get / out of Louisiana, / Help me get to Houston / town, / D / There are / people there, who / care a bit about me, and / / They / won't let the po' boy / down. / Sure as you're born they / bought me a silk suit, / Put luggage in my / hand, and / D / I / woke up high over / Alberquerque, / / On a / jet to the promised / land. Break: / Workin' on a T-bone / steak a la carte, / / Flyin' / over to the Golden / State, / D / 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 / zone, / Cut your engines and / cool your wings, and / / Let me / make it to the tele - / phone. / Los Angeles, give me / Norfolk Virginia, / / Tide - / water four ten o / nine, D / / Tell all the / folks back home, this is the / Promised Land callin', and / / The / po' boy is on the / line. Outro: One verse Instrumental