{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":540273,"song":"Promised Land","artist":"Chuck Berry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11567861-promised-land-chords-by-chuck-berry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/540273?type=chord","rating":4.62496,"votes":126,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLeft my home in Norfolk, Virginia,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCalifornia on my mind.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nI straddled that Greyhound, rode him into Raleigh,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd on across Caroline.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe stopped in Charlotte but bypassed Rock Hill,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we never was a minute late.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRollin' out of Georgia state.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe had motor trouble, it turned into a struggle,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHalf way 'cross Alabam,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn downtown Birmingham.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nRight away, I bought me a through-train ticket,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRight 'cross Mississippi clean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSmoking into New Orleans.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSomebody help me get out of Louisiana[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust to help me get to Houston Town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nThere are people there who care a little about me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd they won't let the poor boy down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSure as you're born they bought me a silk suit[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPut luggage in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I woke up high over Alburquerque[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn a jet to the promised land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWorking on a T-bone steak a la carte[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFlying over to the Golden State[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhen the pilot told us in thirteen minutes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe would set us at the terminal gate[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSwing low chariot come down easy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTaxi to the terminal zone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nCut your engines and cool your wings[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd let me make it to the telephone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLos Angeles, give me No'folk, V'ginia[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTidewater four ten o nine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nTell the folks back home this is the promised land calling[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the poor boy is on the line[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]","chords":["E","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}