nd Fret Intro: C F C G On a bright September day in fall F C We sailed away from Montreal F C G And I hung upon the railing high F C And I waved the world I knew goodbye G F C Sailed from home across the sea G F C The other side, the heart of me F C G And I just stood and waved my hand F C In my world in the promised land F C G And we ran like hares, ran through the close F C Doon tae the burn, in spate it rose F C G We stood on the bridge by the bowling green F C laughed our words in steady streams G F C The arc of stone across the river G F C And a moment hung in time forever F C G And the sun shone on us, every man F C In my world in the promised land Instrumental: C F C G F C F C G F C G F C G F C F C G F C F C G Night came black, with death adorning F C Grampa's dead and Granny's mourning F C G Brithers and sisters all came doon F C Sat there greeting in the living room G F C The emptiness of what was left G F C We sat there in that house of death F C G And we hung our heads and wrung our hands F C In my world in the promised land F C G So I never saw him lying there F C I never climbed the scaffold stair F C G My father left it up to me F C To choose to see or not to see G F C But death's a road we walk alone G F C But I read the words upon the stone F C G He's sitting still, his pipe in hand F C In my world in the promised land F C G Oh, he's sitting still, his pipe in hand F C Oh, in my world in the promised land OUTRO: C F C G F C F C G F C G F C G F C F C G F C