Promised Land Chords by Dennis Brown

[Dm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [Am] Oh, [F] well [Dm] now, [Gm] _ [F] _ [Dm] oh _ [F] well, [D] the promised land, [A] _ [C] [D] going to the promised land, [A] _ [F]
[D] yes the promised
[N] land, oh gosh now, [G#] to the promised [A] land, well, [F] _
[Dm] make a step down to [C] Asmara, [Dm] then we stop in
Addis [F#m] Ababa, made our way to Shashamali land, riding on the [Dm] King's highway, to the promised
[A] land, [C] [Dm] going to the promised land, [F] oh gosh, [Dm] to the promised [A] land, oh, [D] to the promised
land, [C#m] well, _ [Dm] there's plenty of land [Dm] for you and I, buy and [Dm] buy, lots of food to share
for everyone, cause I will stay vacation in the promised [C] land, oh gosh, [G] take me to the
promised [F] land, _ to the promised [G] land, oh, [Am] to the promised land, oh, _ [G] [Am] yeah, _ _ [A] _ _
[Dm] riding on the
King's highway, from Akai road to Kenya, made a stop in Asmara, [D] then we made [A] another one
in [B] Addis Ababa, [Dm] the promised land, [C] going to [Dm] the promised land, oh gosh, yeah, the promised land,
[Gm] yeah, I'm [Dm] the promised land, oh, then [Am] I said to myself, give [D] a thanks for the prophet [Dm] God, _ for [A] he
gave me [C] the teachings [D] so I could see, [F] _ _
[D] the reality [C] [D] of my true being, and [F] say you see, [D] there's a lot of
work [C#] to be done, [Cm] oh gosh, [D] in the promised land, [Dm] [A#] yeah, [Dm] talking about the promised [Am] land, [D] listen to the
promised [A] land, [Dm]
the promised land, [C] [D] going to the promised [A] land, oh, [Gm]
the [Dm] promised [Am] land, oh, [D] the promised [F] land,
[F] yeah, the promised [G] land, oh, [Am] _ [F] yeah, [G] oh, [D#] _
_ [F] _ [G] _ [C] _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ [F] _
[Dm] brother man, what are [C] you doing from [Dm] the promised land, _ _
[Dm] got to take your [Am] stand and [Dm] let the brightness [A] evolve, yeah, [E] _ [F] there's work to [C] be done, [Dm] no you [A] can't run, [D] got a job to [Am] be done, so you [Dm] got to do it, even a little by a little, get to the promised [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] land, _ _
prophets of [F] the old said the way's got [Dm] to perish, oh, _ don't [E] let your hopes and aspirations [Dm] crumble before you, [C] no way, [Am] got to go, got to [F] go, [C] got to go, [Dm] got to go, got to go, to the promised land,
[C] oh gosh, [Dm] get the promised [A] land, oh,
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