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