C Csus4 C C Csus4 C
[Verse 1]
C Csus4 C
Water in the well been poisoned with lie
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
C Csus4 C
Satan's dark angels are fallin' from the sky
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
Am C
Children of God, he turns into stone
F C
Sick and the weak, he dancin' on their bones
Am C
Pharoah shoutin' down the medicine man
F C Csus4 C C Csus4 C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
[Verse 2]
C Csus4 C
Forked-tongued pharaoh, behold he comes to speak
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
C Csus4 C
Hissin' and spewin', it's power that he seeks
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
Am C
With dread in their eyes all the nurses are cryin'
F C
So much sorrow, so much dyin'
Am C
Pharoah keep a-preachin' but he never had a plan
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
F C C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
[Chorus]
G G/A C C
You say weepin', weepin'
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
G G/A C C
You say weepin', weepin'
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
[Interlude]
Am C F C
Am Dm C F C C
[Verse 3]
C Csus4 C
Pharoah's army knockin' on the door
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
C Csus4 C
Shoot you in your bed just like they done before
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
Am C
Out in the street, on your neck with a knee
F C
All the people are cryin' your last words, "I can’t breathe"
N.C.
"I can't breathe"
Am C
And a white judge say, "There been no crime here today" -
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
F C C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
[Chorus]
G G/A C C
You say, weepin', weepin'
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
G G/A C C
You say, weepin', weepin'
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
[Outro]
G G/A C C
Well, we're weepin', weepin'
F C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
G G/A C C
Yeah, weepin', weepin'
F C C
Weepin' in the Promised Land
