Verse
F#
Left my home in Norfolk, Virginia,
B
California on my mind.
C#
I straddled that Greyhound, rode him into Raleigh,
F#
And on across Caroline.
[Verse 2]
F#
We stopped in Charlotte but bypassed Rock Hill,
B
And we never was a minute late.
C#
We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown,
F#
Rollin' out of Georgia state.
[Verse 3]
F#
We had motor trouble, it turned into a struggle,
B
Half way 'cross Alabam,
C#
And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded
F#
In downtown Birmingham.
[Verse 4]
F#
Right away, I bought me a through-train ticket,
B
Right 'cross Mississippi clean
C#
And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham
F#
Smoking into New Orleans.
[Verse 5]
F#
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
B
Just to help me get to Houston Town
C#
There are people there who care a little about me
F#
And they won't let the poor boy down
[Verse 6]
F#
Sure as you're born they bought me a silk suit
B
Put luggage in my hand
C#
And I woke up high over Alburquerque
F#
On a jet to the promised land
[Verse 7]
F#
Working on a T-bone steak a la carte
B
Flying over to the Golden State
C#
When the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
F#
He would set us at the terminal gate
[Verse 8]
F#
Swing low chariot come down easy
B
Taxi to the terminal zone
C#
Cut your engines and cool your wings
F#
And let me make it to the telephone
[Verse 9]
F#
Los Angeles, give me No'folk, V'ginia
B
Tidewater four ten o nine
C#
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
F#
And the poor boy is on the line
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