Chords for Elvis Presley - Promised Land
Tempo:
98 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] Oh, get on it.
I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia, California, [D] home of mine.
[E] Straddled that Greyhound and rode him into Raleigh and on to North [A] Carolina.
I hadn't more trouble to turn than to a struggle halfway [D] across Alabama.
Well, [E] a hound broke down and left us all stranded in downtown [A] Birmingham.
Well, right away I bought me a crude train ticket right across the [D] Pacific Sea.
[E] I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham smoking in the [A] New Orleans.
Somebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just helped me get [D] to Houston town.
[E] There are people there who care a little about me and I won't let [A] them pull me down.
[D] [E]
[A]
Sure as you were born, they bought me a silk suit and put a [D] luggage in my hand.
[E] And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a train to the promised [A] land.
Working on the people's sake, all the carty flying over to the [D] gold state.
[E] A pot of gold assumed thirteen minutes, he would set us at the [A] terminal gate.
Sweet little old chariot come down easy, packed it to the [D] terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to [A] the telephone.
North Island, Jimmy Norfolk, Virginia, 914 [D]-1009.
[E] Well, I pulled back home to the promised land, saw the [A] ten or four boys on the line.
[D] [E]
[A]
Working on the people's sake, [Am] all the carty flying over to [D] the gold state.
[E] A pot of gold assumed thirteen minutes, he would set us at the [A] terminal gate.
Sweet little old chariot come down easy, packed it to the [D] terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to the [A] telephone.
North Island, Jimmy Norfolk, Virginia, 914 [D]-1009.
[E] Well, I pulled back home to the promised land, saw the ten or four [A] boys on the line.
[D] [E]
[A]
[D] [E]
[A]
[D]
[N]
I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia, California, [D] home of mine.
[E] Straddled that Greyhound and rode him into Raleigh and on to North [A] Carolina.
I hadn't more trouble to turn than to a struggle halfway [D] across Alabama.
Well, [E] a hound broke down and left us all stranded in downtown [A] Birmingham.
Well, right away I bought me a crude train ticket right across the [D] Pacific Sea.
[E] I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham smoking in the [A] New Orleans.
Somebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just helped me get [D] to Houston town.
[E] There are people there who care a little about me and I won't let [A] them pull me down.
[D] [E]
[A]
Sure as you were born, they bought me a silk suit and put a [D] luggage in my hand.
[E] And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a train to the promised [A] land.
Working on the people's sake, all the carty flying over to the [D] gold state.
[E] A pot of gold assumed thirteen minutes, he would set us at the [A] terminal gate.
Sweet little old chariot come down easy, packed it to the [D] terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to [A] the telephone.
North Island, Jimmy Norfolk, Virginia, 914 [D]-1009.
[E] Well, I pulled back home to the promised land, saw the [A] ten or four boys on the line.
[D] [E]
[A]
Working on the people's sake, [Am] all the carty flying over to [D] the gold state.
[E] A pot of gold assumed thirteen minutes, he would set us at the [A] terminal gate.
Sweet little old chariot come down easy, packed it to the [D] terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to the [A] telephone.
North Island, Jimmy Norfolk, Virginia, 914 [D]-1009.
[E] Well, I pulled back home to the promised land, saw the ten or four [A] boys on the line.
[D] [E]
[A]
[D] [E]
[A]
[D]
[N]
Key:
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Am
[A] _ _ _ Oh, get on it. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia, California, [D] home of mine.
[E] Straddled that Greyhound and rode him into Raleigh and on to North [A] Carolina.
_ I hadn't more trouble to turn than to a struggle halfway [D] across Alabama.
Well, [E] a hound broke down and left us all stranded in downtown [A] Birmingham.
Well, right away I bought me a crude train ticket right across the [D] Pacific Sea.
[E] I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham smoking in the [A] New Orleans.
_ Somebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just helped me get [D] to Houston town.
[E] There are people there who care a little about me and I won't let [A] them pull me down. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ Sure as you were born, they bought me a silk suit and put a [D] luggage in my hand.
[E] And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a train to the promised [A] land.
Working on the people's sake, all the carty flying over to the [D] gold state.
[E] A pot of gold assumed thirteen minutes, he would set us at the [A] terminal gate.
Sweet little old chariot come down easy, packed it to the [D] terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to [A] the telephone.
_ North Island, Jimmy Norfolk, Virginia, 914 [D]-1009.
[E] Well, I pulled back home to the promised land, saw the [A] ten or four boys on the line. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ Working on the people's sake, [Am] all the carty flying over to [D] the gold state.
[E] A pot of gold assumed thirteen minutes, he would set us at the [A] terminal gate.
Sweet little old chariot come down easy, packed it to the [D] terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to the [A] telephone.
North Island, Jimmy Norfolk, Virginia, 914 [D]-1009.
[E] Well, I pulled back home to the promised land, saw the ten or four [A] boys on the line. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia, California, [D] home of mine.
[E] Straddled that Greyhound and rode him into Raleigh and on to North [A] Carolina.
_ I hadn't more trouble to turn than to a struggle halfway [D] across Alabama.
Well, [E] a hound broke down and left us all stranded in downtown [A] Birmingham.
Well, right away I bought me a crude train ticket right across the [D] Pacific Sea.
[E] I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham smoking in the [A] New Orleans.
_ Somebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just helped me get [D] to Houston town.
[E] There are people there who care a little about me and I won't let [A] them pull me down. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ Sure as you were born, they bought me a silk suit and put a [D] luggage in my hand.
[E] And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a train to the promised [A] land.
Working on the people's sake, all the carty flying over to the [D] gold state.
[E] A pot of gold assumed thirteen minutes, he would set us at the [A] terminal gate.
Sweet little old chariot come down easy, packed it to the [D] terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to [A] the telephone.
_ North Island, Jimmy Norfolk, Virginia, 914 [D]-1009.
[E] Well, I pulled back home to the promised land, saw the [A] ten or four boys on the line. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ Working on the people's sake, [Am] all the carty flying over to [D] the gold state.
[E] A pot of gold assumed thirteen minutes, he would set us at the [A] terminal gate.
Sweet little old chariot come down easy, packed it to the [D] terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to the [A] telephone.
North Island, Jimmy Norfolk, Virginia, 914 [D]-1009.
[E] Well, I pulled back home to the promised land, saw the ten or four [A] boys on the line. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _