Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: C Csus4 C C Csus4 C Verse 1: C Csus4 C Water in the well been poisoned with lie F C Weepin' in the Promised Land C Csus4 C Satan's dark angels are fallin' from the sky F C Weepin' in the Promised Land Am C Children of God, he turns into stone F C Sick and the weak, he dancin' on their bones Am C Pharoah shoutin' down the medicine man F C Csus4 C C Csus4 C Weepin' in the Promised Land
Verse 2: C Csus4 C Forked-tongued pharaoh, behold he comes to speak F C Weepin' in the Promised Land C Csus4 C Hissin' and spewin', it's power that he seeks F C Weepin' in the Promised Land Am C With dread in their eyes all the nurses are cryin' F C So much sorrow, so much dyin' Am C Pharoah keep a-preachin' but he never had a plan F C Weepin' in the Promised Land F C C Weepin' in the Promised Land Chorus: G G/A C C You say weepin', weepin' F C Weepin' in the Promised Land Interlude: Am C F C Am Dm C F C C Verse 3: C Csus4 C Pharoah's army knockin' on the door F C Weepin' in the Promised Land C Csus4 C Shoot you in your bed just like they done before F C Weepin' in the Promised Land Am C Out in the street, on your neck with a knee F C All the people are cryin' your last words, "I can’t breathe" NC "I can't breathe" Am C And a white judge say, "There been no crime here today" - F C Weepin' in the Promised Land F C c Weepin' in the Promised Land Chorus: G G/A C C You say, weepin', weepin' F C Weepin' in the Promised Land G G/A C C You say, weepin', weepin' F C Weepin' in the Promised Land Outro: G G/A C C Well, we're weepin', weepin' F C Weepin' in the Promised Land G G/A C C Yeah, weepin', weepin' F C C Weepin' in the Promised Land