Promised Land chords by Ian Noe

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Its a C with quick jump to F, played 1 0 3 2 1 0, with hammer on 3rd string. Do some hammers and walks here
and there.

Intro:
C F G Am

Verse:
 C         F         C   C        F          C
Been walking for days in the hellish heat, looking for some place where we can rest our feet
 G       F          Am  G  C         G          C
Then a petty stranger saying take my hand, I'm gonna lead you up to the promised land
C         F         C   C        F          C
He held the pedal down kickin up that dust, before I knew it there 2 men following us
G       F          Am  G  C         G          C
He said and just keep quiet and give em all you can, you gotta pay your way to the promised land
C         F         C   C        F          C
We made it to a fence where dogs were tied, I wasn't in no hurry to turn loose my pride
G       F          Am  G  C         G          C
He said they're all for show, you know a part of the plan, dogs rarely bite in the promised land
C         F         C   C        F          C
Well after tearing my shirt from those hungry hounds, I climbed a junkyard heap where I could see a town
G       F          Am  G  C         G          C
A haven in the sun shinning bright and grand, was time to find my place in the promised land
C         F         C   C        F          C
Well in the street they had 12 hundred signs, 2400 feet all marching in time
G       F          Am  G  C         G          C
Singing out some song about a native stand, trying to cast me out of the promised land
C         F         C   C        F          C
well i aint felt too good since i landed here, everyone I might is full of rage and fear
G       F          Am  G  C         G          C
THe more I look around I'm just another man, leaning on one limb in the promised land