Promised Land chords by Dan Reed

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Verse 1
Em 
This next song is,
I lived in Jerusalem the last few
years.
I moved to New York
G 
about seven months ago
and that time in that city,
I don't call it Israel
and I don't call it Palestine,
Em 
Jerusalem is like its own country
in a lot of ways
G 
because Muslims, Christians, Jews
Em 
all are living side by side there and re  lative peace
actually in Jerusalem more so than anywhere else
G 
and they're all praying to the same God
Em 
G 
because Abraham was the father of or Ibrahim or
Em 
Avram was the father of all those three religions
G 
in a lot of way because of the So,
one day I was down at the Western Wall
or the Wailing Wall,
they call the Kotel,
and on every Friday,
the Muslims are praying during
the afternoon
D 
before  the sun sets,
G 
welcoming their weekend.
And once the sun goes down,
the Jews welcome their Shabbat.
Em 
And I just thought about how these are both blood brothers
G 
from the same father.
They had different mothers,
but it's the same father.
C 
An d I just thought they're separated
Em 
G 
by this three or four
-foot thick stone wall
that's very old.
D 
G 
And that's how close we are to peace
Em 
and also how far we are away from it.
So this song is about two brothers.
It's called The Promised
D 
G 
Land.
D 
G 
D 
Em 

Verse 2

I can hear you breathing

on the other side of this wall.

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Verse 3
C 
G 
D 
G 
It's not too late to make amends.
D 
We don't have to wait
Em 
for the bitter end
C 
G 
D 
My brother and we ran
So far away
Em 
While we waited for religion
C 
to save the day
D 
G 
D 
And bring us home from this war
Em 
There's no time for love
cause we're too busy
C 
keeping score
D 
Welcome to the promised land
G 
D 
Em 
Where dog eats dog and man eats man
C 
God may be crazy
D 
G 
Hey, if this is the plan,
Am 
D 
C 
welcome to the promised land.
D 
Promised land.
Mmm.
Mm -hmm
Welcome to the promised land
Where my brother's blood
is still on my hands
Em 
C 
Where's the river to wash us clean?
D 
What will it take to cross the line,
Find the grace and make it mine?
Em 
C 
I need you, oh my brother
G 
D 
And the pain keeps us warm
Em 
Cause it's al  ways quiet
C 
in the eye of the storm
G 
D 
So bring us home from this war
Em 
There's no time for love
Cause we're too busy
C 
keepin' scores
D 
Welcome to the promised land
G 
D 
Where dog eats dog
Em 
And man eats man
C 
God may be crazy
G 
If this isn't the plan
Am 
D 
C 
G 
D 
Welcome to the promised land
C 
G 
D 
C 
G 
D 
The promised land
C 
G 
D 
C 
D 
And if you believe in the promised land,
G 
D 
Em 
and it's calling, calling your name,
C 
and if man

Verse 4

Forgives the sins of man

Verse 5

Then we finally may find heaven

Verse 6

in the promised land

Welcome to the promised land

Verse 7

Where dog eats dog

and man eats man

Verse 8
C 
G 
God made me crazy, but this is the plan
Am 
D 
C 
Wel come to the promised land
G 
Am 
The promised land is where we stand
D 
C 
D 
And wait for God to scream my name