Merle Haggard – Graceland To Promised Land (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 07:25:39 -0600 From: Ken Keefover <[email protected]> Subject: From Graceland To The Promised Land by Merle Haggard X-Sender: [email protected] Resent-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] MIME-version: 1.0 From Graceland To The Promised Land written by Merle Haggard c1977 Shade Tree Music, Inc. Dm: 022000 G7: 002020 Dm/G: 3x2200 C6: x20202 C7: xx0212

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>From the sun years of the Fifties and the birth of rock and roll,

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Millions screamed to see him do his thing.

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Elvis touched the life of ev'ry ear that heard him,

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And they couldn't help but listen when he sang.

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It's a long way from Memphis to that mansion in the   sky,

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But he kept his faith in Jesus all along,

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It's a long way from Graceland across Jordan to the   Promised Land,

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But Jesus fin'ly came to lead him home.