The Promised Land Chords by Dave Edmunds

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[C] _ _ _ _ I live in a home in North Virginia, California, [F] on my mind.
[G] We started at Graham and Rowan and into Raleigh and on across [C] Carolinas.
We stopped at Charleston, Buckeyes, Rockville, we never was a [F] minute late.
[G] Home was 90 miles out of Atlanta, up and down, rolling out of [C] Georgia State.
We had water problems, turned the fuse, took a left, went across [F] Alabama.
[G] When that hound broke down, the lefty was standing down [C] on the lawn.
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_ _ [C] Right away I bought me a food train ticket, right up on Mississippi [F] Clean.
[G] When I was on the ramp, midnight fly, around Birmingham, smoking into [C] New Orleans.
_ Somebody help me get out of Louisiana just to help me get to [F] Houston town.
[G] Without a people there who care a little about me and they won't let my poor [C] boy down.
_ Church involvement bought me a suit, I put luggage in [F] my hand.
[G] And then I walked high over Albuquerque on a jet to the [C] promised land.
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Gm] On [C] _ _ a people's day, got a car that's flying over to the Golden [F] State.
[G] Over in the fire, told us in 13 minutes he would send us out to [C] Terminal Gate.
Swing low Jerry, come down easy, taxi to the [F] Terminal Zone.
_ [G] Throw Asians and coolio weaves and let me make out a [C] telephone.
_ Los Angeles, give me an offer, Virginia, California, [F] 410-09.
[G] A telephone back home, this is the promised land, call it and the poor