| n | Promised Land - Elvis Presley | n | Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog |
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| t | [Intro] | t | Intro: |
| C | | [A] [A-A] [D-D] [A] [A-A] [D-D] |
| Ah, get on it! | | |
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| [Verse 1] | | Verse 1: |
| C F | | [A] Why are... there [F#m] so many... [Bm] songs about [E7] rainbows |
| I left my home in Norfolk Virginia California on my mind. | | And [A] what's on the [F#m] o-o-other [D] side? [E7] |
| G C | | [A] Rainbows... are [F#m] visions... but [Bm] only... ill[E7]usions |
| I straddled that Greyhound, and rode into Raleigh and on across Caroline. | | And [A] rainbows have [F#m] nothing to [D] hide [E7] |
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| | | Pre-Corus: |
| | | [Dmaj7] So we've been told and some choose to believe it |
| | | [C#m7] I know they're wrong, wait and see |
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| | | |Chorus: |
| | | |[Bm7] Someday we'll [E7] find it... the [C#m7] rainbow con[F#]nection |
| | | |The [Bm] lovers... the [E7] dreamers... and [A] me [D] |
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| [Verse 2] | | Verse 2: |
| C F | | [A] Who said... that [F#m] every wish... would [Bm] be heard and [E7] answered |
| We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle, halfway across Alabam'. | | When [A] wished on the [F#m] mo-o-orning [D] star? [E7] |
| G C | | [A] Somebody... [F#m] thought of that... and [Bm] someone be[E7]lieved it |
| Well that hound broke down and left us all stranded, in downtown Birmingham. | | [A] Look what it's [F#m] done so [D] far [E7] |
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| [Verse 3] | | Pre-Corus: |
| C F | | [Dmaj7] What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing |
| Right away I brought me a through train ticket, ridin' across Mississippi clean. | | And [C#m7] what do we think we might see? |
| G C | | |
| And I was on the midnight flyer out of Birmingham, smokin' into New Orleans. | | Chorus: |
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| [Verse 4] | | Bridge: |
| C F | | [E7] All of us [F#m] under its [E] spell |
| Somebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just to help me get to Houston Town. | | We [D] know that it's [A] probably [E] ma-a-a[F]gic |
| G | | [F] [F] |
| There are people there who care a little about me, | | |
| C | | Verse 3 - Key Change: |
| and they won't let the poor boy down. Take it! | | [Bb] Have you been [Gm] half asleep... and [Cm] have you heard [F] voices? |
| | | [Bb] I've heard them [Gm] calling my [Eb] name [F] |
| [Verse 5] | | [Bb] Is this... the [Gm] sweet sound... that [Cm] calls to young [F] sailors? |
| C F | | That [Bb] voice might be [Gm] one and the [Eb] same [F] |
| Sure as you're born they brought me a silk suit, put luggage in my hand. | | |
| G C | | |
| And I woke up high over Albuquerque, on a jet to the promised land. | | |
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| [Verse 6] | | |
| C F | | |
| Working on a T-bone steak à la carte, flyin' over to the golden state. | | |
| G C | | |
| Ah when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes he would set us at the terminal gate. | | |
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| [Pre-Chorus] | | Pre-Chorus: |
| C F | | [D#maj7] I've heard it too many times to ignore it |
| Swing low chariot come down easy, taxi to the terminal zone. | | It's [Dm] something that I'm supposed to be |
| G C | | |
| Cut your engines and cool your wings, and let me make it to the telephone. | | |
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| |[Chorus] | | |Chorus: |
| |C F | | |[Cm] Someday we'll [F] find it... the [Dm] rainbow con[G]nection. |
| | Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia, tidewater four ten o nine. | | |The [Cm] lovers, the [F] dreamers and [Bb] me |
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| | Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin', | | Outro: |
| | C | | [F] Laaa... da da [Gm] deee... da da [F] doo |
| |and the poor boy's on the line. | | La [Eb] daaa... da da [F] daa de da [Bb] dooo |
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| [Verse 7] | | |
| C F | | |
| Working on a T-bone steak à la carte, flyin' over to the golden state. | | |
| G C | | |
| Ah when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes he would set us at the terminal gate. | | |
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| [Pre-Chorus] | | |
| C F | | |
| Swing low chariot come down easy, taxi to the terminal zone. | | |
| G C | | |
| Cut your engines and cool your wings, and let me make it to the telephone. | | |
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| |[Chorus] | | |
| |C F | | |
| | Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia, tidewater four ten o nine. | | |
| |G | | |
| | Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin', | | |
| | C | | |
| |and the poor boy's on the line. | | |