The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock and roll group of the 1960s and '70s, formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Band included Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, drums, harmonica); Richard Manuel (1943-1986) (piano, harmonica, drums, saxophone, organ, slide guitar); Garth Hudson (organ, piano, clavinet, accordion, synthesizer, saxophone); Rick Danko (1943-1999) (bass guitar, violin, trombone, guitar), and Levon Helm (1940-2012) (drums, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica).
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: 26 Sep 95 15:51:08 EDT From: Scott Durham <[email protected]>
Song: PROMISED LAND Performed by: THE BAND Submitted by Scott Durham [email protected]
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
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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 NORFLOK 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
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