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]
Am Dm
Plantation boy
A# F
C'mon and get going
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Yesterday's chains have broken in two
Am Dm
Plantation boy
A# F
The new move is growing
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
A# F
Plantation boy
C F
Plantation boy
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
F A# F
Lots of smiling faces for you to meet
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So many hands to help you along
F A# F
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]
Am Dm
Plantation boy
A# F
C'mon and get going
Gm F C F
Yesterday's chains have broken in two
Am Dm
Plantation boy
A# F
The new move is growing
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
A# F
Plantation boy
C F
Plantation boy
[Instrumental]
A# F C F
[Verse]
F A# F
Years of picking cotton for little pay
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Living alone in some wooden shack
F A# F
Sweating in the heat of a summer's day
Gm F C F
This is all over, you won't come back
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Plantation boy
A# F
C'mon and get going
Gm F C F
Yesterday's chains have broken in two
Am Dm
Plantation boy
A# F
The new move is growing
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
A# F
Plantation boy
C F
Plantation boy
[Instrumental]
A# F C F
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Plantation boy
A# F
C'mon and get going
Gm F C F
Yesterday's chains have broken in two
Am Dm
Plantation boy
A# F
The new move is growing
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
A# F
Plantation boy
C F
Plantation boy
A# F
Plantation boy
C F
Plantation boy
A# F C F
Wherever you may go
[Coda]
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you
Gm F C F
Reaching the hills and the valleys and you