• Song:

    Been To Canaan

  • Artist:

    Carole King

  • Album:

    Playlist: The Very Best...

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This is Carole's cracker off the Rhymes and Reasons Album(1972)

It is in the correct key , but transposing makes it easier. It is about her home in Connecticut.

Intro
Fm7  Ebmaj7  several times
Verse
Fm7 (131141@1) Bb11 (x11111@1)       Ebmaj7Green (x43111@3)fields and rolling hills
Fm7 (131141@1) Bb11 (x11111@1)       Ebmaj7Room (x43111@3)enough to do what we will
Abmaj7 (xx4321@3)        Gm7      Cm (x3101x@1)    Fm7Sweet (131141@1)dreams of yestertime are running though my mind
    Bb11 (x11111@1)           Bb7Of (x13131@1)a place I left behind, 
Chorus
Abmaj7 (xx4321@3)            Ebmaj7Been (x43111@3)so long, I can't remember when
     Fm7 (131141@1)                Bb11 (x11111@1)       Ebmaj7I've (x43111@3)been to Canaan and I want to go back again.
  Abmaj7 (xx4321@3)          Ebmaj7Been (x43111@3)so long, I'm living till then
        Fm7 (131141@1)                   Abmaj7 (xx4321@3)
Cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until
 Fm7 Bb11   Ebmaj7
I go back again. 
Verse 2
Though I'm content with myself
Sometimes I long to be somewhere else
I try to do what I can, but with our day to day demands
We all need a promised land.

Chorus 2
Been so long,I can't remember when
I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again
Been so long, I'm living till then
'cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until
I go back again. 
Bridge
Ab (xx1114@1)   Abmaj7 (xx4321@3)                Cm7
Oh I want to be there in the wintertime
       Abmaj7 (xx4321@3)             Fm7With (131141@1)a fireplace burning to warm me
    Bb11 (x11111@1) Abmaj7 (xx4321@3) Fm7 (131141@1)      Bb11And (x11111@1)you to hold me when it's stormy
Chorus 3

Been so long, I can't remember when
I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again
Been so long, I'm living till then.
'cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until
I go back again. 

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