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
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There's a brandnew feeling of liberty
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Like a clear bell that's starting to sound
[Chorus]
Cm Fm
Plantation boy
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C'mon and get going
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Yesterday's chains have broken in two
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Plantation boy
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The new move is growing
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Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
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Plantation boy
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Plantation boy
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Lots of smiling faces for you to meet
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So many hands to help you along
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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]
Cm Fm
Plantation boy
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C'mon and get going
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Yesterday's chains have broken in two
Cm Fm
Plantation boy
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The new move is growing
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Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
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Plantation boy
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Plantation boy
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Years of picking cotton for little pay
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Living alone in some wooden shack
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Sweating in the heat of a summer's day
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This is all over, you won't come back
[Chorus]
Cm Fm
Plantation boy
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C'mon and get going
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Yesterday's chains have broken in two
Cm Fm
Plantation boy
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The new move is growing
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Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
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Plantation boy
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Plantation boy
[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
Cm Fm
Plantation boy
C# G#
C'mon and get going
A#m G# D# G#
Yesterday's chains have broken in two
Cm Fm
Plantation boy
C# G#
The new move is growing
A#m G# D# G#
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
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Plantation boy
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Plantation boy
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Plantation boy
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Plantation boy
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Wherever you may go
[Coda]
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Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
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Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
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Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
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Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
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Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
A#m G# D# G#
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
A#m G# D# G#
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
A#m G# D# G#
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
A#m G# D# G#
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
A#m G# D# G#
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
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Reaching the hills and the valleys and you