- Promised Land - Elvis Presley
+ Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog
+ Intro:
+ [A] [A-A] [D-D] [A] [A-A] [D-D]
+
- [Intro]
- C
- Ah, get on it!
-
- [Verse 1]
+ Verse 1:
- C F
- I left my home in Norfolk Virginia California on my mind.
- G C
- I straddled that Greyhound, and rode into Raleigh and on across Caroline.
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+ [A] Why are... there [F#m] so many... [Bm] songs about [E7] rainbows
+ And [A] what's on the [F#m] o-o-other [D] side? [E7]
+ [A] Rainbows... are [F#m] visions... but [Bm] only... ill[E7]usions
+ And [A] rainbows have [F#m] nothing to [D] hide [E7]
+
+ Pre-Corus:
+ [Dmaj7] So we've been told and some choose to believe it
+ [C#m7] I know they're wrong, wait and see
+
+ |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]
+
- [Verse 2]
+ Verse 2:
+ [A] Who said... that [F#m] every wish... would [Bm] be heard and [E7] answered
+ When [A] wished on the [F#m] mo-o-orning [D] star? [E7]
+ [A] Somebody... [F#m] thought of that... and [Bm] someone be[E7]lieved it
+ [A] Look what it's [F#m] done so [D] far [E7]
+
+ Pre-Corus:
+ [Dmaj7] What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing
+ And [C#m7] what do we think we might see?
+
+ Chorus:
+
+ Bridge:
+ [E7] All of us [F#m] under its [E] spell
+ We [D] know that it's [A] probably [E] ma-a-a[F]gic
+ [F] [F]
+
+ Verse 3 - Key Change:
+ [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]
+ [Bb] Is this... the [Gm] sweet sound... that [Cm] calls to young [F] sailors?
+ That [Bb] voice might be [Gm] one and the [Eb] same [F]
+
- C F
- We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle, halfway across Alabam'.
- G C
- Well that hound broke down and left us all stranded, in downtown Birmingham.
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- [Verse 3]
- C F
- Right away I brought me a through train ticket, ridin' across Mississippi clean.
- G C
- And I was on the midnight flyer out of Birmingham, smokin' into New Orleans.
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- [Verse 4]
- C F
- Somebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just to help me get to Houston Town.
- G
- There are people there who care a little about me,
- C
- and they won't let the poor boy down. Take it!
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- [Verse 5]
- C 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:
+ [D#maj7] I've heard it too many times to ignore it
+ It's [Dm] something that I'm supposed to be
+
- 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]
+ |Chorus:
+ |[Cm] Someday we'll [F] find it... the [Dm] rainbow con[G]nection.
+ |The [Cm] lovers, the [F] dreamers and [Bb] me
+
+ Outro:
+ [F] Laaa... da da [Gm] deee... da da [F] doo
+ La [Eb] daaa... da da [F] daa de da [Bb] dooo
- |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.
-
- [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.
-
- [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.
-
- |[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.