The Promised Land chords by Strawbs

Intro: Em F#7  Em F#7  Em

verse 1
    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_____

verse 2
     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_____


Bridge
           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__?"


verse 3
    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_____