The Band - Promised land

I ^GLEFT MY HOME IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA CALIFORNIA ON MY ^CMIND I ^DBOARDED THAT GREYHOUND, RODE IN INTO RALIEGH ON ACROSS CAROL^GINE ^GSTOPPED IN CHARLOTTE TO BY PASS ROCKHILL WE NEVER WAS A MINUTE ^CLATE WE WERE ^DNINTY MILES OUT OF ATLANTA BY SUNDOWN ROLLIN' OUT OF GEORGIA ^GSTATE WE ^GHAD MOTOR TROUBLE THAT TURNED INTO A STRUGGLE HALFWAY ACROSS ALA^CBAM AND THAT ^DBOW BROKE DOWN AND LEFT US STRANDED IN DOWNTOWN BIRMING^GHAM ^GRIGHT AWAY I BOUGHT A THROUGH TRAIN TICKET GOT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI ^CCLEAN AND I WAS ^DON THAT MIDNIGHT FLYER OUT OF BIRMINGHAM SMOKIN' INTO NEW ORLE^GANS ^GSOMEBODY HELP ME GET OUT OF LOUISIANA HELP ME GET TO HOUSTON ^CTOWN

THERE ARE ^DPEOPLE THERE WHO CARE A LITTLE 'BOUT ME AND WON'T PUT THE POOR BOY ^GDOWN ^GGEORGIA BORN, THEY BOUGHT ME A SILK SUIT AND PUT LUGGAGE IN MY ^CHAND AND ^DWOKE UP HIGH OVER ALBUQUERQUE ON A JET TO THE PROMISED ^GLAND ^GWORKIN' ON A T-BONE ALA CARTEE FLYIN' OVER TO THE GOLDEN ^CSTATE WHEN THE ^DPILOT TOLD US IN THIRTEEN MINUTES HE WOULD SET US AT THE TERMINAL ^GGATE ^GSWING LOW CHARIOT, COME DOWN EASY TAXI TO THE TERMINAL ^CDOOR ^DCUT YOUR ENGINES AND COOL YOUR WINGS AND LET ME MAKE IT TO THE TELE^GPHONE ^GLOS ANGELES, GIVE ME NORFLOK VIRGINIA TIDEWATER FOUR TEN O ^CNINE TELL ALL THE ^DFOLKS BACK HOME

AND THE POOR BOY IS ON THE ^GLINE \\\\\\\\[]\\\\ [] [] \\ [] [] [] ////////[] [] IF YOU GIVE MORE THAN YOU GET [][] [] YOU WILL GET MORE THAN YOU GIVE [][] // \\\\\\\\[]////