{"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":61603,"song":"The Promised Land","artist":"The Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/61603-the-promised-land-chords-by-the-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/61603?type=chord","rating":4.43152,"votes":3,"content":"Promised Land     4/4     The Band     Chuck Berry\r\nStandard Tuning Capo 2\r\n\r\n                    / G                     /\r\nI / left my home in / Norfolk, Virginia,\r\n[tab]         / [ch]G[/ch]                   / [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCali - / fornia on my / mind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  / [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI / straddled that Greyhound, and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nRode him into Raleigh, and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        / [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn across Caro - / line.[/tab]\r\n\r\n      / G                                   /\r\nWe / stopped in Charlotte, to / by pass Brockhill,\r\n[tab]      / [ch]G[/ch]                            / [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe / never was a minute / late,[/tab]\r\n             / D                                  /\r\nWe was / ninety miles out of At - / lanta by sundown,\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                / [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRollin' out of Georgia / state.[/tab]\r\n\r\n      / G                                 /\r\nWe / had motor trouble that / turned into a struggle,\r\n[tab]          / [ch]G[/ch]                        / [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHalf - / way across Ala - / bam', and[/tab]\r\n        / D                                 /\r\nThat / hound broke down and / left us all stranded,\r\n[tab]    / [ch]D[/ch]                              / [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn / downtown Birming - / ham.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBreak: One verse Instrumental\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      /\r\nRight away I bought me a / through train ticket,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               / [ch]G[/ch]                       / [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRight a - / cross Mississippi / clean,[/tab]\r\n         / D                       /\r\nI was / on that midnight / flyer out of Birmingham,\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 / [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSmokin' into New Or - / leans.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 /\r\nSomebody help me get / out of Louisiana,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   / [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHelp me get to Houston / town,[/tab]\r\n\r\n               / D                          /\r\nThere are / people there, who / care a bit about me, and\r\n[tab]         / [ch]D[/ch]                                / [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey / won't let the po' boy / down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   /\r\nSure as you're born they / bought me a silk suit,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          / [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPut luggage in my / hand, and[/tab]\r\n  / D                           /\r\nI / woke up high over / Alberquerque,\r\n[tab]        / [ch]D[/ch]                           / [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn a / jet to the promised / land.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBreak:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              /\r\nWorkin' on a T-bone / steak a la carte,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         / [ch]G[/ch]                           / [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFlyin' / over to the Golden / State,[/tab]\r\n                / D                    /\r\nWhen the / pilot told us in / thirteen minutes,\r\n[tab]                / [ch]D[/ch]                              / [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe would / set us at the terminal / gate.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           /\r\nSwing low chariot, / come down easy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            / [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTaxi to the terminal / zone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               /\r\nCut your engines and / cool your wings, and[/tab]\r\n[tab]            / [ch]D[/ch]                            / [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me / make it to the tele - / phone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               /\r\nLos Angeles, give me / Norfolk Virginia,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          / [ch]G[/ch]                       / [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTide - / water four ten o / nine,[/tab]\r\nD              /                                            /\r\nTell all the / folks back home, this is the / Promised Land callin', and\r\n[tab]       / [ch]D[/ch]                        / [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe / po' boy is on the / line.[/tab]\r\n\r\nOutro: One verse Instrumental\f","plain_text":"Promised Land     4/4     The Band     Chuck Berry\nStandard Tuning Capo 2\n\n                    / G                     /\nI / left my home in / Norfolk, Virginia,\n\n\n\n\n\n      / G                                   /\nWe / stopped in Charlotte, to / by pass Brockhill,\n\n             / D                                  /\nWe was / ninety miles out of At - / lanta by sundown,\n\n\n      / G                                 /\nWe / had motor trouble that / turned into a struggle,\n\n        / D                                 /\nThat / hound broke down and / left us all stranded,\n\n\nBreak: One verse Instrumental\n\n\n\n         / D                       /\nI was / on that midnight / flyer out of Birmingham,\n\n\n\n\n\n               / D                          /\nThere are / people there, who / care a bit about me, and\n\n\n\n  / D                           /\nI / woke up high over / Alberquerque,\n\n\nBreak:\n\n\n\n                / D                    /\nWhen the / pilot told us in / thirteen minutes,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD              /                                            /\nTell all the / folks back home, this is the / Promised Land callin', and\n\n\nOutro: One verse Instrumental","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}