Standard tuning. --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- ------2---2---2---------------2---2---2------ Repeat several times --2---------------4p--2---4------------------ --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Intro: A (+D) Ah, get on it! A D I left my home in Norfolk Virginia California on my mind. E A I straddled that Greyhound, and rode into Raleigh and on across Caroline. A D We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle, halfway across Alabam'. E A Well that hound broke down and left us all stranded, in downtown Birmingham. A D Right away I brought me a through train ticket, ridin' across Mississippi clean. E A And I was on the midnight flyer out of Birmingham, smokin' into New Orleans. A D Somebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just to help me get to Houston Town. E There are people there who care a little about me, A and they won't let the poor boy down. Take it! --------5--5--5---------------5--5--5---------------5--5--5-------------------------- --------5--5--5---------------5--5--5---------------5--5--5-------------------------- --/7--------------7p--5---7-------------7p--5---7-------------7p--5---7p--5---------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------7--7--7- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---7bu---7bu---7bu---7bu---7bu---7bu---7bu---7bu---7bu---7bu---7bu---7p--5----------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------7------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------7--------7--7--7---------------------------------------------------------- ---5/-7----------7--7--7--7---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A D Sure as you're born they brought me a silk suit, put luggage in my hand. E A And I woke up high over Albuquerque, on a jet to the promised land. A D Working on a T-bone steak I had a party, flyin' over to the golden state. E A Ah when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes he would set us at the terminal gate. A D Swing low chariot come down easy, taxi to the terminal zone. E A Cut your engines and cool your wings, and let me make it to the telephone. A D Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia, tidewater four ten o nine. E Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin', A and the poor boy's on the line. --------10-------10-------10--------10------10-------10-------10-------10--------10--- ---12bu-----12bu-----12bu-----12bu-----12bu-----12bu-----12bu-----12bu-----12bu------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------10--------10-------10---------------------------------7--7--7---------------7--7--7 --12bu-----12bu-----12bu-----12bu---12---12--10---10---------7--7--7---------------7--7--7 ---------------------------------------------------------/9------------9p--7---9---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------12---12---10---10---9---9-------------------------------5--5--5--------------5--5--5 --9--------------------------------12---12---10---10-----------5--5--5--------------5--5--5 ----------------------------------------------------------/7-------------7p--5---7--------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------7bud---7bu-- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ A D Working on a T-bone steak I had a party, flyin' over to the golden state. E A Ah when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes he would set us at the terminal gate. A D Swing low chariot come down easy, taxi to the terminal zone. E A Cut your engines and cool your wings, and let me make it to the telephone. A D Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia, tidewater four ten o nine. E Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin', A and the poor boy's on the line.