Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
D5D5 D MajorD D5D5 D MajorD
Verse:
D MajorD
I left my ball and chain behind me
D MajorD
Every burden, every weight
D MajorD
I changed my name to freedom
D MajorD
From prisoner and slave
G+G
I Stood up to my oppressors
G+G
Shook the shackles off my hands
D MajorD
I'm going down,to the Promised Land
Verse:
D MajorD
I'm dusting off the desert
D MajorD
I'm silencing my doubt
D MajorD
The one who goes before me
D MajorD
Is the one who lead me out
G+G
With fire in the darkness
G+G
With footprints in the sand
D MajorD
I'm going down, to the Promised Land
Verse:
D MajorD
I'm not just getting out of Egypt
D MajorD
Egypt's getting out of me
D MajorD
I can see those walls of Jericho
A augmentedA
In pieces at my feet
D MajorD
I can ta-ste that milk and honey
G+G
From the wilderness I am
D MajorD
Going down, down, down to the Promised Land