Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I left my home in Norfolk Virginia,
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California on my mind.
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We straddled that Greyhound, rode him into Raleigh,
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On across Caroline.
[Verse 2]
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We stopped at Charlotte and bypassed Rock Hill,
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We never was a minute late.
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And we was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown,
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Rollin' outa Georgia state.
[Verse 3]
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We had motor trouble it turned into a struggle,
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Half way 'cross Alabam,
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When that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded
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In downtown Birmingham.
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[Verse 4]
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So right away I bought me a through train ticket,
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Right across Mississippi clean
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And I was on that midnight flyer outa Birmingham
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Smoking into New Orleans.
[Verse 5]
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Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
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Just help me get to Houston town.
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Well there are people there who care a little 'bout me
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And they won't let the poor boy down.
[Verse 6]
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Sure as you're born, they bought me a silk suit,
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Put luggage in my hands,
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And I woke up high over Albuquerque
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On a jet to the promised land.
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[Verse 7]
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Workin' on a T-bone steak a la carte
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Flying over to the Golden State;
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When the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
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He would set us at the terminal gate.
[Verse 7]
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Swing low chariot, come down easy
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Taxi to the terminal zone;
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Cut your engines, an cool your wings,
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And let me make it to the telephone.
[Verse 8]
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Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia,
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Dial forty four ten O nine
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And tell the folks back home this is the promised land
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Callin' and the poor boy's on the line.
- 1. Chord Gitar Dave Edmunds - The Promised Land Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Dave Edmunds - The Promised Land Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan