Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: D5 D D5 D Verse: D I left my ball and chain behind me D Every burden, every weight D I changed my name to freedom D From prisoner and slave G I Stood up to my oppressors G
Shook the shackles off my hands D I'm going down,to the Promised Land Verse: D I'm dusting off the desert D I'm silencing my doubt D The one who goes before me D Is the one who lead me out G With fire in the darkness G With footprints in the sand D I'm going down, to the Promised Land Verse: D I'm not just getting out of Egypt D Egypt's getting out of me D I can see those walls of Jericho A In pieces at my feet D I can ta-ste that milk and honey G From the wilderness I am D Going down, down, down to the Promised Land