The Promised Land

	  		 


Intro: Am  C  Am  C  Am  C  G  C 

Am          C       Am       C   
Brother and sister, mama and pa  
Dm          Am         G    C 
Living in a trailer in Arkansas  
Am              C               Am      C   
When you coming home son, well, I don't know 
F           C              G       C 
Still got a couple of wild oats to sow 


 
F        C          G    C 
I'm just doing what I do best 
Am             Em            Dm     G 
Living out the legend of the Golden West 
Am             G      C              Em 
Flying like an eagle, walking like a man  
F          Am                G        C 
Chasing my angel through the promised land 



INTERLUDE: F  Am  G  C 


Am     C                Am     C   
Friday evening when the sun go down  
       Dm        Am         G       C 
It's a five-star party in a one-bar town  
Am        C          Am         C   
Dawn come early, but that's all right 
       F          C        G        C 
We can get a head start on Saturday night 


 
       F        C          G    C 
'Cause I'm just doing what I do best 
Am               Em            Dm    G 
Running with the devil and the dispossessed  
Am           G        C                Em 
Waiting on a mission, trying to make a plan 
F          Am                G        C 
Chasing my angel through the promised land 



Instrumental: F  Am  G  C 
              Am  C  Am  C  Dm  Am  G  C  
              Am  C  Am  C  F  C  G  C 


Bridge: 

Am                         Em             
People say, "Son you gonna come to harm  
Dm                       G 
Better fly right, better stay down on the farm"  
          Am                    Em             
But there ain't no farm left to stay down on  
    F                  G 
And all my reasons for staying are gone 


Am      C         Am        C   
I don't know, but I've been told 
Dm           Am           G      C 
Southern politician ain't got no soul 
Am      C              Am         C   
My mama said it now, believe it's true 
F                 C          G      C 
They don't give a damn about me and you 



       F         C          G       C 
'Cause they just doing what they do best 
Am              Em       Dm                G 
Working for the rich and stealing from the rest 
   Am          G        C               Em 
So put me on a highway, catch me if you can 
F          Am                G        C 
Chasing my angel through the promised land 



INTERLUDE: F  Am  G   


Am       C               Am        C   
One fine morning when my ship come in  
      Dm      Am               G     C 
Gonna pack my fortune, take it home again  
Am       C            Am       C   
Stack my sorrows like stones until  
     F          C            G          C 
I've built me a mansion on a high, high hill 



       F        C          G    C 
'Cause I'm just doing what I do best 
Am            Em           Dm    G 
Setting up my table in the wilderness  
Am              G      C              Em 
Swimming in the river, dancing in the sand  
F          Am                G        C 
Chasing my angel through the promised land 
F          Am                G        C 
Chasing my angel through the promised land 
F          Am                G        C    Am  C  Am  C  Am  G  C 
Chasing my angel through the promised land