• Song:

    Promised Land

  • Artist:

    Avantasia

  • Album:

    Lost In Space EP

[Intro]

Dm (xx0231@1)Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)Dm (xx0231@1)Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)[Pre-Verse]

Dm (xx0231@1)Dm (xx0231@1)Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1)[Verse 1]

DmHey (xx0231@1)redeemer now what`s become of me?
F (133211@1)                    CTaken (x32010@1)in by promise, awakening in grief
DmCollecting (xx0231@1)us like puppets you instrumentalize
F (133211@1)                        CA (x32010@1)frigid trepidation in a million puppet eyes

[Pre-Chorus]

Bb (x1333x@1)          F (133211@1)                Bb (x1333x@1)               CGod (x32010@1)gave His word just to let us down, where is He now?

[Chorus]

G (320003@1)                 DYou've (xx0232@1)been facing heaven
          C (x32010@1)                         Am (x02210@1)          DYou (xx0232@1)were lost and left alone, you're welcome to my home and
G (320003@1)            DFound (xx0232@1)another heaven
        C (x32010@1)                         Am (x02210@1)             DIt (xx0232@1)was you who took my hand, come into the promised land

[Pre-Verse]

Dm (xx0231@1)Dm (xx0231@1)Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1)[Verse 2]

DmYou (xx0231@1)scratched my back and I scratched yours
F (133211@1)                                  CIt's (x32010@1)you who makes decisions, I just open up the doors
DmWhining (xx0231@1)in the gutter they forget their sanctity
F (133211@1)                          CWelcome (x32010@1)to my clockwork vanity machinery

[Pre-Chorus]

Bb (x1333x@1)           F (133211@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)           CYou (x32010@1)gave your word, you let me down what am I now?

[Chorus]

G (320003@1)                 DYou've (xx0232@1)been facing heaven
          C (x32010@1)                         Am (x02210@1)          DYou (xx0232@1)were lost and left alone, you're welcome to my home and
G (320003@1)            DFound (xx0232@1)another heaven
        C (x32010@1)                         Am (x02210@1)             D (xx0232@1)       CIt (x32010@1)was you who took my hand, come into the promised land

[Bridge]

C (x32010@1)              EmOh (022000@1)as far as the eye can see
                    C (x32010@1)             EmThey're (022000@1)bent in submission, empty inside
            C (x32010@1)                              EmAn (022000@1)army of scarecrows like me, thousands of broken dreams
              C (x32010@1)                               EmThousands (022000@1)of tragedies tried to run from their destiny
                     C (x32010@1)              DOh, (xx0232@1)like moths to a flame, driven by vanity
                       C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)              DThey've (xx0232@1)been off to Jerusalem, chasing a dream, calling on me
                       DmWe're (xx0231@1)just trading in needs

[Pre-Verse] in place of the guitar solo

Dm (xx0231@1)Dm (xx0231@1)Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1)[Chorus] x2

G (320003@1)                 DYou've (xx0232@1)been facing heaven
          C (x32010@1)                         Am (x02210@1)          DYou (xx0232@1)were lost and left alone, you're welcome to my home and
G (320003@1)            DFound (xx0232@1)another heaven
        C (x32010@1)                         Am (x02210@1)             DIt (xx0232@1)was you who took my hand, come into the promised land

[End]

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