Promise Land
The strumming is in 3/4 (180 bpm), with 4 major beats per measure (60 bpm).
Strumming Patterns:
D dU U
123
Ending:
DU UDUDUDUD DU UDUD D D
123123123123
1234
Intro: x2
DGDG
Verse 1:
Dm G DG
I??m weary,
Dm Gm
from the cold.
Dm G Dm G
Satisfying everyone in need of me,
Dm G Dm G
done every-thing I??ve been told.
Dm G DG
I feel it,
Dm Gm
in my bones.
Dm G Dm G
One step closer to where I don??t want to be.
Dm G Dm G
Stuck somewhere I don??t belong.
Chorus-Bridge:
C G
But there??s a light,
C G
at the end of the tunnel
C G Am F G
And I will make it there, as long as I am able.
Chorus:
C G
Here I come,
C G
to the promise land.
C G Am F
Standing here on my own two feet,
C G Am
what??s left of a broken man.
FFCG
AF C G
Broken man
Verse-Bridge:
AG
Verse 2:
Dm G Gm
They say I??m an error,
Dm Gm
with no correction.
Dm G Dm G
And I just pray to God, every day,
Dm G Dm G
that I??m lost in the right direction.
Dm Gm
I hear it,
Dm Gm
what they say.
Dm G Dm G
And I??m out to prove they??re not believers,
Dm
and I??m headed, in the right way.
--Chorus-Bridge
--Chorus
--Verse-Bridge
Verse 3:
F
They say,
E
again and again.
F
what kills us slowly,
G
makes us better men.
C G
Oh redemption,
C G
is in the will.
C G Am F G
As long as my heart is beating, I won??t stand still.
--Chorus
Ending:
AF
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