Been To Canaan chords by King Carole

Chords with lyrics

This is Carole's cracker off the Rhymes and Reasons Album(1972)

It is in the correct key , but transposing makes it easier. It is about her home in Connecticut.

Intro
Fm7Fm7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 several times
Verse
Fm7Fm7  Bb11Bb11     Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Green fields and rolling hills
Fm7Fm7  Bb11Bb11     Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Room enough to do what we will
Abmaj7Abmaj7     Gm7Gm7   C minorCm   Fm7Fm7
Sweet dreams of yestertime are running though my mind
  Bb11Bb11       Bb7Bb7
Of a place I left behind,
Chorus
Abmaj7Abmaj7       Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Been so long, I can't remember when
   Fm7Fm7         Bb11Bb11     Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again.
 Abmaj7Abmaj7      Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Been so long, I'm living till then
    Fm7Fm7           Abmaj7Abmaj7
Cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until
 Fm7Fm7 Bb11Bb11  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
I go back again.
Verse 2
Though I'm content with myself
Sometimes I long to be somewhere else
I try to do what I can, but with our day to day demands
We all need a promised land.

Chorus 2
Been so long,I can't remember when
I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again
Been so long, I'm living till then
'cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until
I go back again.
Bridge
AbAb   Abmaj7Abmaj7         Cm7Cm7
Oh I want to be there in the wintertime
    Abmaj7Abmaj7        Fm7Fm7
With a fireplace burning to warm me
  Bb11Bb11  Abmaj7Abmaj7  Fm7Fm7    Bb11Bb11
And you to hold me when it's stormy
Chorus 3

Been so long, I can't remember when
I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again
Been so long, I'm living till then.
'cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until
I go back again.