Promised Land Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Whoa[Bbm], well[Am] now[E][Bbm]
Hey, whoa, [Am]well

[Verse 2]
The [Bbm]promised [Am]land[E][Em]
Going to [Am]the promised [E]land
[C]Yes, the [Bbm]promised [Am]land, oh, [Em]gosh, now
To the [Bbm]promised [Am]land
[E][C]

[Verse 3]
[Am]
Make a step down [E]to[Em]
[E]Was[Am]mara
Then we stopped in [E]Addis
[C]Ababa[Bbm]
Made our [Am]way t[E]o [Em]Shshamane land
[Bbm]Riding on the King's [C]highway

[Verse 4]
The [Bbm]promised [Am]land[E]
[Em]Going to the [Am]promised [Bbm]land, oh, gosh
[Fm]To t[C]he promise[Am]d land, whoa[E][Em]
To the [Am]promised land,
well
[Bbm][Am][C]

[Verse 5]
[Am]
There's plenty [E]of land for [Em]you and I[Bbm],
[Am]by and b[E]y[Em][C][Bbm]
Lots [Am]of food to [E]share for [Em]every[Am]one
No [E]time for [C]segregation in [Bbm]the promised land,
[Am]oh, gosh[Em]

[Verse 6]
Take me to [Bbm]the promised [Am]land[Em]
[C]Said the [Bbm]promised land, [Dm]whoa[Am]
Yes, [Bbm]the promised [Am]land, [C]who[Dm]a,
[Am]oh, [Dm]yeah[Em]
[Bbm][Am]

[Verse 7]
[E][Em]
Said [Am]we're riding [Bbm]on the
King's high[Em]way[Am]
[Bbm]From a[Am] Cairo t[Bbm]o Kenya[Am][E][C][Bbm]
Made a stop [E]in [Em]Wasma[Am]ra
Then we [Bbm]made another one
in [Am]Ad dis Ab[E]aba[C]

[Verse 8]
The [Bbm]promised [Am]land[E]
[Em]Going to [Am]the promised land, [E]oh gosh
[C]Said the [Am]promi[Bbm]sed la[E]nd
[Em]Yeah, the [Am]promised land, whoa
[E][C]

[Verse 9]
[Am]
[Bbm]Then I said to mys[E]elf, give a[Em] thanks for the P[Bbm]rophet,
[Am]God[E][Em][Am]
For He gave me the [E]teachings
[Em]so I could s[Am]ee[C][Bbm]
The reality [E]of [C]my [Bbm]true being and[E] levity
[Am]There's a lo[Bbm]t of work to be done,
[E]oh gosh
In the [Em]promi[Am]sed land

[Verse 10]
[E]Yeah, talking [C]'bout the
[Bbm]promised [Am]land[E][Em]
Yes, to [Am]the promised [E]land
[C]The pro[Am]mised lan[E]d[Em]
Going to the [Am]promised land

[Verse 11]
[E]Oh, [Em]the prom[Am]ised land[E]
[Em]Whoa, the [Am]promised [E]land
[C]Sai[Bbm]d the promised land[C]
Whoa, [Dm]oh y[Am]eah,[E][Am]
[Bbm]whoa[C]

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][Em][C][Am][Dm][Em][Am][Em][Am]
[Bbm]Brother man, what are

[Verse 12]
you doing for
the prom[E]ised [Am]land?[E][C][Bbm]
Gotta take your [C]stand an[Em]d let the pr[Bbm]oph ets live on,
[Am]yeah[E][Am]
There's work [Bbm]to be don[Fm]e,
[Am]though you can't[E] run[C][Bbm]
Got a job to be [E]done,
so you've got [Am]to do [Bbm]it
[Am]Even a [E]little by little
[Bbm]Yes

[Verse 13]
the promised [Fm]land
[Am]Goin[G]g to the p[Am]romised [Bbm]land[Am][E]
[C]Said the [Am]promi[Bbm]sed la[E]nd
[Em]Going to the p[Bbm]romised
[Am]land
[E][C]

[Verse 14]
[Am]
[Bbm]Prophets of the old, said the west got [C]to perish,
[Bbm]eh, oh[Am][E][C][Am]
Don't let your hopes [E]and aspiration[Em]s drown bef[Am]ore you,
[Bbm]no way[E]
Gotta [Bbm]go, gotta go, got to go,
I got [Bbm]to go, got to go
[E]To the pro[Am]mised land, oh gosh
Yeah, the [Am]promised land,
[Bbm]whoa

[Outro 1]
[E][C][Bbm][C][E]