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