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Promised Land by Chuck Berry - Guitar Chords
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Promised Land - Chuck Berry (1964)
'GREATLY' Covered By Elvis (and MANY others), Too!
Tabbed/Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME @ 168 BPM (2 Min. 34 Sec.) in 'G'.
Chords Used: (CAPO 5th Fret to match Orig. in 'C') -
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GUITAR KEYBOARD
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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G - 3 2 0 0 0 3 G B-D-G -OR-
- 3 2 0 0 3 3
C - x 3 2 0 1 0 C G-C-E -OR-
- x 3 2 0 1 3
D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F#
INTRO: [2.375 M]
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+ 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3---------------|
B|--3-5-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-6-5-3-3-------|
G|4-----|----------------|--6-5-3-4-0-0---|
D|------|----------------|----------5-5---|
A|------|----------------|----------------|
E|------|----------------|----------------|
I
VERSE #1: [8 M]
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|G |G |G |
left… my home… in… Nor-… folk,… Vir-gin-ia, Cal-i-for-… nia on… my mind…
|C |D |D |
… I strad-dled that… Grey-hound and rode… him in-to Ral-eigh, and on…
|D |G |
… a-cross… Car-… o-line… We
VERSE #2: [8 M]
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|G |G |
stopped… at… Char-lotte, we by-… passed… Rock… Hill,… we
|G |C |D |
nev-er was a min-ute… late… Well, we was nine-ty miles… out of At-lan-…
|D |D |G |
…-ta by… sun-down,… rol-… lin' out of Geor-… gia State… We
VERSE #3: [8 M]
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|G |G |
had… mo-tor trou-ble that turned… in-to a strug-gle half-…
|G |C |D |
-way a-cross… Al-a-… bam'… Well, that hound… broke… down… and… left…
|D |D |G |
… us all… strand-ed in… down-… town… Bir-… ming-ham…
GUITAR SOLO #1: [8 M]
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|G |G |G |C |D |D |D |G |
VERSE #4: [8 M]
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|G |G |
Right a-way I bought me… a through train… tick-et, rid-in'
|G |C |D |
'cross… Mis-sis-sip-pi… clean,… and I was on… that mid-night fly-…
|D |D |G |
…-er out of Bir-ming-ham,… smok-in' in-… to New Or-leans… Some-
VERSE #5: [8 M]
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|G |G |
-bod-… y… help me get out… of Lou-'si-an-a,… just
|G |C |D |
help me get to Hous-ton… town… There are peo-ple… there… who…
|D |D |G |
care a lit-tle a-bout me,… and they won't… let the poor boy… down…
VERSE #6: [8 M]
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|G |G |
Sure… as you're born,… they brought… me a silk suit,…
|G |C |D |
put lug-gage… in my… hand,… and I woke… up… high… o-… ver
|D |D |G |
Al-… bu-… quer-que on a jet… to… the prom-ised land…
GUITAR SOLO #2: [8 M]
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|G |G |G |C |D |D |D |G |
VERSE #7: [8 M]
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|G |G |
Work-in' on a T-bone… steak… a-… la car-te, fly-in'
|G |C |D |
o-ver to the Gold-… en State,… ah, when the pi-… lot… told us in thir-…
|D |D |G |
…-teen… min-utes he would… set us at the ter-mi-nal gate…
VERSE #8: [8 M]
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|G |G |G |
Swing… low,… char-i-ot, come… down… ea-… sy… Tax-i to the ter-mi-nal zone…
|C |D |D |
… Cut your… en-gines and cool… your wings,… and let… me
|D |G |
make it to the tel-… e-phone… Los
VERSE #9: [8 M]
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|G |G |
An-… ge-les give… me Nor-… folk, Vir-gin-ia,… Tide-
|G |C |D |
-wat-er, four-… ten-o-… nine… Tell the folks… back… home… this is the
|D |D |G |
prom-ised land… cal-lin' and the poor… boy's… on… the line…
CODA: [17 M] 'Guitar Solo #3' (Extended finish since original fades out) -
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|G |G |G |C |D |D |D |G |
|G |G |G |C |D |
Tell the folks… back… home… this is the
|D |D |G |… |
prom-ised land… cal-lin' and the poor… boy's… on… the line…
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