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