The Promised Land Chords
The Promised Land by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords Am, C, G, Dm, F and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Am C Am C Am C G C
Am C Am C
Brother and sister, mama and pa
Dm Am G C
Living in a trailer in Arkansas
Am C Am C
When you coming home son, well, I don't know
F C G C
Still got a couple of wild oats to sow
F C G C
I'm just doing what I do best
Am Em Dm G
Living out the legend of the Golden West
Am G C Em
Flying like an eagle, walking like a man
F Am G C
Chasing my angel through the promised land
INTERLUDE: F Am G C
Am C Am C
Friday evening when the sun go down
Dm Am G C
It's a five-star party in a one-bar town
Am C Am C
Dawn come early, but that's all right
F C G C
We can get a head start on Saturday night
F C G C
'Cause I'm just doing what I do best
Am Em Dm G
Running with the devil and the dispossessed
Am G C Em
Waiting on a mission, trying to make a plan
F Am G C
Chasing my angel through the promised land
Instrumental: F Am G C
Am C Am C Dm Am G C
Am C Am C F C G C
Bridge:
Am Em
People say, "Son you gonna come to harm
Dm G
Better fly right, better stay down on the farm"
Am Em
But there ain't no farm left to stay down on
F G
And all my reasons for staying are gone
Am C Am C
I don't know, but I've been told
Dm Am G C
Southern politician ain't got no soul
Am C Am C
My mama said it now, believe it's true
F C G C
They don't give a damn about me and you
F C G C
'Cause they just doing what they do best
Am Em Dm G
Working for the rich and stealing from the rest
Am G C Em
So put me on a highway, catch me if you can
F Am G C
Chasing my angel through the promised land
INTERLUDE: F Am G
Am C Am C
One fine morning when my ship come in
Dm Am G C
Gonna pack my fortune, take it home again
Am C Am C
Stack my sorrows like stones until
F C G C
I've built me a mansion on a high, high hill
F C G C
'Cause I'm just doing what I do best
Am Em Dm G
Setting up my table in the wilderness
Am G C Em
Swimming in the river, dancing in the sand
F Am G C
Chasing my angel through the promised land
F Am G C
Chasing my angel through the promised land
F Am G C Am C Am C Am G C
Chasing my angel through the promised land