ELVIS - Promised Land (Take 6 Unedited) Chords
Tempo:
96.5 bpm
Chords used:
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D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
When I bring you home, I'll [A]
get on you.
I left my home in Northall, Virginia, California, home [D] of mine.
[E] Straddle that 300 road in Mineralia and on across [A] Carolina.
I had more trouble than turned into a struggle halfway across [D] Alabama.
[E] Well, a hound broke down and left us all stranded in downtown [A] Birmingham.
Well, right away I bought me a food train ticket right across [D] Mississippi Clean.
[E] I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham smoking in [A] a New Raleigh.
Somebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just helped me get [D] to Houston town.
I [E] got people there who cared a little about me and they won't let [A] the poor boy down.
[D]
[E] [A]
Sure, sure, boy, and they bought me a silk suit and a wooden luggage in [D] my hand.
I [E] was working high over Albuquerque on a jet through the front [A] of a plane.
Working on a T-bone steak on a cart flying over to the [D] Golden State.
[E] I plowed the coast in 13 minutes, it would set us at the [A] terminal gate.
Swing low, Charlie, come down easy, taxi to the [D] terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to the [A] telephone.
I was in North Fork, Virginia, 9-1-4, [D] 10-0-9.
[E] There was a post back home, this is the promised land across, and the poor boy [A] was on the line.
[D]
[E] [A]
Working on a T-bone steak on a cart flying over to the Golden [D] State.
[E] I plowed the coast in 13 minutes, it would set us [A] at the terminal gate.
Swing low, Charlie, come down easy, taxi [D] to the terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to the [A] telephone.
I was in North Fork, Virginia, 9-1-4, 10 [D]-0-9.
[E] There was a post back home, this is the promised land across, and the poor boy was on [A] the line.
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[A]
get on you.
I left my home in Northall, Virginia, California, home [D] of mine.
[E] Straddle that 300 road in Mineralia and on across [A] Carolina.
I had more trouble than turned into a struggle halfway across [D] Alabama.
[E] Well, a hound broke down and left us all stranded in downtown [A] Birmingham.
Well, right away I bought me a food train ticket right across [D] Mississippi Clean.
[E] I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham smoking in [A] a New Raleigh.
Somebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just helped me get [D] to Houston town.
I [E] got people there who cared a little about me and they won't let [A] the poor boy down.
[D]
[E] [A]
Sure, sure, boy, and they bought me a silk suit and a wooden luggage in [D] my hand.
I [E] was working high over Albuquerque on a jet through the front [A] of a plane.
Working on a T-bone steak on a cart flying over to the [D] Golden State.
[E] I plowed the coast in 13 minutes, it would set us at the [A] terminal gate.
Swing low, Charlie, come down easy, taxi to the [D] terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to the [A] telephone.
I was in North Fork, Virginia, 9-1-4, [D] 10-0-9.
[E] There was a post back home, this is the promised land across, and the poor boy [A] was on the line.
[D]
[E] [A]
Working on a T-bone steak on a cart flying over to the Golden [D] State.
[E] I plowed the coast in 13 minutes, it would set us [A] at the terminal gate.
Swing low, Charlie, come down easy, taxi [D] to the terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to the [A] telephone.
I was in North Fork, Virginia, 9-1-4, 10 [D]-0-9.
[E] There was a post back home, this is the promised land across, and the poor boy was on [A] the line.
[D] [E]
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When I bring you home, I'll [A] _ _ _
get on you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I left my home in Northall, Virginia, California, home [D] of mine.
[E] Straddle that 300 road in Mineralia and on across [A] Carolina.
I had more trouble than turned into a struggle halfway across [D] Alabama.
[E] Well, a hound broke down and left us all stranded in downtown [A] Birmingham.
Well, right away I bought me a food train ticket right across [D] Mississippi Clean.
[E] I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham smoking in [A] a New Raleigh.
Somebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just helped me get [D] to Houston town.
I [E] got people there who cared a little about me and they won't let [A] the poor boy down. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ Sure, sure, boy, and they bought me a silk suit and a wooden luggage in [D] my hand.
I [E] was working high over Albuquerque on a jet through the front [A] of a plane.
_ Working on a T-bone steak on a cart flying over to the [D] Golden State.
[E] I plowed the coast in 13 minutes, it would set us at the [A] terminal gate.
Swing low, Charlie, come down easy, taxi to the [D] terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to the [A] telephone.
_ I was in North Fork, Virginia, 9-1-4, [D] 10-0-9.
[E] There was a post back home, this is the promised land across, and the poor boy [A] was on the line. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ Working on a T-bone steak on a cart flying over to the Golden [D] State.
[E] I plowed the coast in 13 minutes, it would set us [A] at the terminal gate.
Swing low, Charlie, come down easy, taxi [D] to the terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to the [A] telephone.
I was in North Fork, Virginia, 9-1-4, 10 [D]-0-9.
[E] There was a post back home, this is the promised land across, and the poor boy was on [A] the line. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
get on you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I left my home in Northall, Virginia, California, home [D] of mine.
[E] Straddle that 300 road in Mineralia and on across [A] Carolina.
I had more trouble than turned into a struggle halfway across [D] Alabama.
[E] Well, a hound broke down and left us all stranded in downtown [A] Birmingham.
Well, right away I bought me a food train ticket right across [D] Mississippi Clean.
[E] I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham smoking in [A] a New Raleigh.
Somebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just helped me get [D] to Houston town.
I [E] got people there who cared a little about me and they won't let [A] the poor boy down. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ Sure, sure, boy, and they bought me a silk suit and a wooden luggage in [D] my hand.
I [E] was working high over Albuquerque on a jet through the front [A] of a plane.
_ Working on a T-bone steak on a cart flying over to the [D] Golden State.
[E] I plowed the coast in 13 minutes, it would set us at the [A] terminal gate.
Swing low, Charlie, come down easy, taxi to the [D] terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to the [A] telephone.
_ I was in North Fork, Virginia, 9-1-4, [D] 10-0-9.
[E] There was a post back home, this is the promised land across, and the poor boy [A] was on the line. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ Working on a T-bone steak on a cart flying over to the Golden [D] State.
[E] I plowed the coast in 13 minutes, it would set us [A] at the terminal gate.
Swing low, Charlie, come down easy, taxi [D] to the terminal zone.
[E] Cut your hinges and cool your wings and let me make it to the [A] telephone.
I was in North Fork, Virginia, 9-1-4, 10 [D]-0-9.
[E] There was a post back home, this is the promised land across, and the poor boy was on [A] the line. _ _ _ _ _
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