Bert Jansch – Promised Land (Guitar)

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Well, I had a dream the other night

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I felt that I saw Jesus in the Pale moonlight

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And maybe I could be mistaken

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He would not smile upon me nor take my hand

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While I stand here all alone deep in the darkness

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Saint Peter falls away into the promised land

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An angel calls my name from deep beneath the earth

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Come give to me your soul I'll tell you what it's worth

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Ill be a drunken fool I've broken every rule

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I know what seems to be right turns out to be wrong

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Don't let my soul down, oh God, I do confess

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Don't let me suffer here the Devil wants my soul

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If I could ask of you a simple question

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I do not want to bug you nor waste your time

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I sit here drinking among my fellow men

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They all seem happy to me, what is their sin

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The largest sacred brook, alive with fish I felt

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A sacred hand's above and darkside is done

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Pray tell me who you are, what is your memory

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Don't you know that sin has been my favorite time?

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I dreamed that I'd a drink of burbon strenth[?]

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And all I've ever known I wasn't to forget