Strawbs – The Promised Land (Guitar)

       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_____

         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_____

                      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__?"

       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_____