Promised Land chords by The Ridleys

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: C#m

Intro:
Gb Db Ab/C
Gb Db Ab/C
Bbm7 Ab/C Db Fm Gb Ab/C Db


Verse 1:
Gb                 Db   Ab/C          Gb
All the trees you see, started out as seeds
          Gb            Db
Then they grew and they grew
        Ab/C             Bbm7  Ab/C
So much bigger than they were
Db            Fm            Gb         Ab/C    Db
I don't think we're any different
Gb               Db  Ab/C                Gb
All we strive to be, starts with you and me
       Gb           Db
Oh, we grew, oh, we grew
        Ab/C           Bbm7    Ab/C    Db
So much better than we were
            Fm            Gb    Ab/C    Db
We can grow more I believe it

Chorus:
Db
And I know it's getting hard to remember where we started
Gb
We're in the middle of the road to the promised land
Bbm7                    Ab                         Db
If we hold on I promise we'll see a better plan
Db
And I know it's getting hard to remember how we got here
Gb
We're in the middle of the road to the promised land
Bbm7                    Ab                         Db
If we hold on I promise we’ll see a better plan


[Instrumental Break]
Gb Db Ab/C
Gb Db Ab/C
Bbm7 Ab/C Db Fm Gb Ab/C Db


Verse 2:
Gb                   Db     Ab/C           Gb
Don't you know my dear, I'm blinded by the fear
           Gb              Db            Ab/C           Bbm7    Ab/C
That we'll lose, oh, we'll lose precious seconds in the sand
Db         Fm              Gb    Ab/C    Db
And in the end see it fruitless
Gb                 Db   Ab/C               Gb
But this much is clear, all throughout the years
                 Db              Ab/C                Bbm7    Ab/C    Db
Oh, he used, oh, he used all the time we thought was damned
            Fm            Gb      Ab/C  Db
And all the cuts and the bruises


Chorus:
Db
And I know it's getting hard to remember where we started
Gb
We're in the middle of the road to the promised land
Bbm7                    Ab                         Db
If we hold on I promise we'll see a better plan
Db
And I know it's getting hard to remember how we got here
Gb
We're in the middle of the road to the promised land
Bbm7                    Ab                         Db
If we hold on I promise we’ll see a better plan


Bridge:
B                                               Db
Our fathers gave us all the faith their fathers never had
                                                 Bbm7
And our mothers gave us all the love they wished to receive
                           Gb
Oh, how blessed is the land
                            Ab/C
Our children will lay their heads down and settle in


[Instrumental Break]
Gb Db Ab/C
Gb Db Ab/C
Bbm7 Ab/C Db Fm Gb Ab/C Db


Outro:
       Db
And I know it's getting hard to remember how we started
Gb
We're in the middle of the road to the promised land
Bbm7                    Ab/C         Db        Db    Db
If we hold on I promise I'll be a better man