Promised Land

We built our house in the barn from a few bales of hay
A band of orphans in the woods till the dinner bell rang
Then those floorboards gave out and we reached the place
Where the creek had washed the only bridge away

You can never go home again
It slipped away slowly but it’s gone, my friend
You set sail at the tip where the promised land ends
But you can never, never, never go home again

I found a peaceful place between two lonesome trees
I learned the view from the oak and the way the water bug sees
Then I saw the machines haul away all the green
And they tapped and told me it was time to leave

Chorus

In the land of lakes a peninsula brims
With life too thick for any of it to be sin
And bringing redemption to that wild garden
Is like bringing sweet water to Michigan

Chorus

You can never, never, never go home again

Chords

Capo on Fret I (actual key is Ab)

Intro/interlude: 

||: G | G | C | D :|| 

Verse:

||: G | G | C | D :|| 
Em | Em | C | D  
G | G | D | G

Chorus:

C | Em | G | G
Em | Am | C | D
G | G | C | D 
Am | Bm | C | D