The Promised Land

	  		
Intro: Em  F#7    Em  F#7    Em 

verse 1 
       Am           Dm 
It was early in the morning 
        G                 Am 
And our ship was still at sea 
       F              Dm               F   E7 
With a lifetime far behind us, we were free___ 
       Am                  Dm 
We had strong hearts and a faith 
       G                   Am 
In our good lord's guiding hand 
    F              Dm              E7               Am  G  D     Am  G  D 
The mist before us cleared, and we saw the promised land_____ 


verse 2 
         Am               Dm 
With our brothers and our sisters 
        G               Am 
We soon forged into the land 
         F                Dm             F   E7 
Building towns and cities far beyond our dreams__ 
       Am                 Dm 
As the tree which reaches to the sky 
    G                   Am 
The child who learns to stand 
   F             Dm           E7               Am  G  D     Am  G  D 
So we had men of vision to create the promised land_____ 


Bridge 
                      Am 
But the vision soon became 
          G                  C 
One man's view of wealth and fame 
        F               Am             F   E 
And the gun became what wisdom used to be 
                      Am 
So the struggle had begun 
          G              C 
Which has never yet been won 
         F                 E7              F  G  Am 
Hear the people, hear them saying, "Are we free__?" 


verse 3 
       Am            Dm 
So god bless you, my promised land 
    G              Am 
Let nothing you dismay 
        F                    Dm                   F   E7 
For the hand that guides our fortunes has strange ways___ 
    Am                Dm 
And when the fight is over 
        G              Am 
And the judgment is at hand 
       F                 Dm              E7                Am  G  D    Am  G  D 
Please don't forget your brothers, far beyond the promised land_____