Intro
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[Verse]
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Lots of people walk about proud and free
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Lift up your head start looking around
C F C
There's a brandnew feeling of liberty
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Like a clear bell that's starting to sound
[Chorus]
Em Am
Plantation boy
F C
C'mon and get going
Dm C G C
Yesterday's chains have broken in two
Em Am
Plantation boy
F C
The new move is growing
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
F C
Plantation boy
G C
Plantation boy
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
C F C
Lots of smiling faces for you to meet
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So many hands to help you along
C F C
Just shake off the mud that weighs down your feet
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If you stand tall you just can't go wrong
[Chorus]
Em Am
Plantation boy
F C
C'mon and get going
Dm C G C
Yesterday's chains have broken in two
Em Am
Plantation boy
F C
The new move is growing
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
F C
Plantation boy
G C
Plantation boy
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
C F C
Years of picking cotton for little pay
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Living alone in some wooden shack
C F C
Sweating in the heat of a summer's day
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This is all over, you won't come back
[Chorus]
Em Am
Plantation boy
F C
C'mon and get going
Dm C G C
Yesterday's chains have broken in two
Em Am
Plantation boy
F C
The new move is growing
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
F C
Plantation boy
G C
Plantation boy
[Instrumental]
F C G C
[Chorus]
Em Am
Plantation boy
F C
C'mon and get going
Dm C G C
Yesterday's chains have broken in two
Em Am
Plantation boy
F C
The new move is growing
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
F C
Plantation boy
G C
Plantation boy
F C
Plantation boy
G C
Plantation boy
F C G C
Wherever you may go
[Coda]
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Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Dm C G C
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you