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