Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Verse 1:
C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Water in the well been poisoned with lie
FF C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Satan's dark angels are fallin' from the sky
FF C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
A minorAm C majorC
Children of God, he turns into stone
FF C majorC
Sick and the weak, he dancin' on their bones
A minorAm C majorC
Pharoah shoutin' down the medicine man
FF C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
Verse 2:
C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Forked-tongued pharaoh, behold he comes to speak
FF C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Hissin' and spewin', it's power that he seeks
FF C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
A minorAm C majorC
With dread in their eyes all the nurses are cryin'
FF C majorC
So much sorrow, so much dyin'
A minorAm C majorC
Pharoah keep a-preachin' but he never had a plan
FF C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
FF C majorC C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
Chorus:
G+G G/AG/A C majorC C majorC
You say weepin', weepin'
FF C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
Interlude:
A minorAm C majorC FF C majorC
A minorAm DmDm C majorC FF C majorC C majorC
Verse 3:
C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Pharoah's army knockin' on the door
FF C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Shoot you in your bed just like they done before
FF C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
A minorAm C majorC
Out in the street, on your neck with a knee
FF C majorC
All the people are cryin' your last words, "I can’t breathe"
NC
"I can't breathe"
A minorAm C majorC
And a white judge say, "There been no crime here today" -
FF C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
FF C majorC c
Weepin' in the Promised Land
Chorus:
G+G G/AG/A C majorC C majorC
You say, weepin', weepin'
FF C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
G+G G/AG/A C majorC C majorC
You say, weepin', weepin'
FF C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
Outro:
G+G G/AG/A C majorC C majorC
Well, we're weepin', weepin'
FF C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land
G+G G/AG/A C majorC C majorC
Yeah, weepin', weepin'
FF C majorC C majorC
Weepin' in the Promised Land