G    I left my home in Norfolk Virginia   C   California on my mind   D   I boarded that Greyhound,    G   Rode in into Raliegh on across Caroline   G   Stopped in Charlotte to by pass Rockhill   C   We never was a minute late   D   We were ninty miles out of Atlanta by sundown   G   Rollin' out of Georgia state   G   We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle   C   Halfway across Alabam   D   And that bow broke down   G   And left us stranded in downtown Birmingham   G   Right away I bought a through train ticket   C   Got across Mississippi clean   D   And I was on that Midnight Flyer out of Birmingham   G   Smokin' into New Orleans   G   Somebody help me get out of Louisiana   C   Help me get to Houston Town      strum      1 & 2 & 3 & 4   V ^ V ^ ^ V      D   There are people there who care a little 'bout me   G   And won't put the poor boy down   G   Georgia born, they bought me a silk suit   C   And put luggage in my hand   D   And woke up high over Albuquerque   G   On a jet to the promised land   G   Workin' on a T-bone ala cartee   C   Flyin' over to the Golden State   D   When the pilot told us in thirteen minutes   G   He would set us at the terminal gate   G   Swing low chariot, come down easy   C   Taxi to the terminal door   D   Cut your engines and cool your wings   G   And let me make it to the telephone   G   Los Angeles, give me Norfolk Virginia   C   Tidewater four ten o nine   D   Tell all the folks back home      It's the promised land callin'   G   And the poor boy is on the line