Chords for Chuck Berry - The Promised Land (US TV, 1975)
Tempo:
77.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Gm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] I love my homie, he's from Virginia, California on my mind.
[D] Straddle that greyhound, rode him into Raleigh, on across [G] Carolina.
Charlie's wife had a rock hill, never was [A] a minute late.
[D] We were 90 miles out of Atlanta by sundown, rolling out [G] of Georgia State.
He had a little trouble, turned into a struggle, halfway across Alabama.
[D] And a hound broke down and left us stranded in downtown [G] Birmingham.
[C] [D]
[G] Right away I bought me a through train ticket right across Mississippi [C] Clean.
[D] And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham, smoking into [G] New Orleans.
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana, help me get to [C] Houston town.
[D] There are people there who care a little about me and they won't let the [G] poor boy down.
Sure as you born they bought me a silk suit, put luggage in [C] my hand.
[D] And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a jet to the [G] promised land.
Working on a T-bone steak, I'll a car decline over to the [C] Golden State.
[D] When the pilot told us in 13 minutes he would set us at the [G] terminal gate.
Swing low, chair, it'll come down easy, taxi to the [C] terminal zone.
[D] Put your engines, cool your wheels, and let me make another [G] telephone.
Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia, tidewater [C] 41009.
[D] Tell the folks back home that the promised land's calling and the poor boy's on [G] the line.
[C] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[F] Mr.
Chuck Perry ladies and gentlemen.
[G] Hello.
[N]
[D] Straddle that greyhound, rode him into Raleigh, on across [G] Carolina.
Charlie's wife had a rock hill, never was [A] a minute late.
[D] We were 90 miles out of Atlanta by sundown, rolling out [G] of Georgia State.
He had a little trouble, turned into a struggle, halfway across Alabama.
[D] And a hound broke down and left us stranded in downtown [G] Birmingham.
[C] [D]
[G] Right away I bought me a through train ticket right across Mississippi [C] Clean.
[D] And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham, smoking into [G] New Orleans.
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana, help me get to [C] Houston town.
[D] There are people there who care a little about me and they won't let the [G] poor boy down.
Sure as you born they bought me a silk suit, put luggage in [C] my hand.
[D] And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a jet to the [G] promised land.
Working on a T-bone steak, I'll a car decline over to the [C] Golden State.
[D] When the pilot told us in 13 minutes he would set us at the [G] terminal gate.
Swing low, chair, it'll come down easy, taxi to the [C] terminal zone.
[D] Put your engines, cool your wheels, and let me make another [G] telephone.
Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia, tidewater [C] 41009.
[D] Tell the folks back home that the promised land's calling and the poor boy's on [G] the line.
[C] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[F] Mr.
Chuck Perry ladies and gentlemen.
[G] Hello.
[N]
Key:
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D
C
Gm
A
G
D
C
_ _ [Gm] I love my homie, he's from Virginia, California on my mind.
[D] Straddle that greyhound, rode him into Raleigh, on across [G] Carolina.
_ _ Charlie's wife had a rock hill, never was [A] a minute late.
[D] We were 90 miles out of Atlanta by sundown, rolling out [G] of Georgia State.
He had a little trouble, turned into a struggle, halfway across Alabama.
[D] And a hound broke down and left us stranded in downtown [G] Birmingham. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Right away I bought me a through train ticket right across Mississippi [C] Clean.
[D] And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham, smoking into [G] New Orleans.
_ Somebody help me get out of Louisiana, help me get to [C] Houston town.
[D] There are people there who care a little about me and they won't let the [G] poor boy down.
Sure as you born they bought me a silk suit, put luggage in [C] my hand.
[D] And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a jet to the [G] promised land.
_ Working on a T-bone steak, I'll a car decline over to the [C] Golden State.
[D] When the pilot told us in 13 minutes he would set us at the [G] terminal gate.
Swing low, chair, it'll come down easy, taxi to the [C] terminal zone.
[D] Put your engines, cool your wheels, and let me make another [G] telephone.
Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia, tidewater [C] 41009.
[D] Tell the folks back home that the promised land's calling and the poor boy's on [G] the line. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Mr.
Chuck Perry ladies and gentlemen.
_ _ [G] Hello.
_ [N] _
[D] Straddle that greyhound, rode him into Raleigh, on across [G] Carolina.
_ _ Charlie's wife had a rock hill, never was [A] a minute late.
[D] We were 90 miles out of Atlanta by sundown, rolling out [G] of Georgia State.
He had a little trouble, turned into a struggle, halfway across Alabama.
[D] And a hound broke down and left us stranded in downtown [G] Birmingham. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Right away I bought me a through train ticket right across Mississippi [C] Clean.
[D] And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham, smoking into [G] New Orleans.
_ Somebody help me get out of Louisiana, help me get to [C] Houston town.
[D] There are people there who care a little about me and they won't let the [G] poor boy down.
Sure as you born they bought me a silk suit, put luggage in [C] my hand.
[D] And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a jet to the [G] promised land.
_ Working on a T-bone steak, I'll a car decline over to the [C] Golden State.
[D] When the pilot told us in 13 minutes he would set us at the [G] terminal gate.
Swing low, chair, it'll come down easy, taxi to the [C] terminal zone.
[D] Put your engines, cool your wheels, and let me make another [G] telephone.
Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia, tidewater [C] 41009.
[D] Tell the folks back home that the promised land's calling and the poor boy's on [G] the line. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Mr.
Chuck Perry ladies and gentlemen.
_ _ [G] Hello.
_ [N] _