Lift Every Voice And Sing Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][Bm][A][D][F#][Bm][G][A]

[Verse 1]
[A]Lift
ev'ry [D]voice [F#]and [Bm]sing
'Til earth and [D]heav[Bbdim] en ring[Bm]
Ring with the [Em]har [F#]monies[Baug]
[G]of [Em]Liber t[D]y[Ebdim][D][A]
Let [Bm]our [A]re j[D]oi[F#]cing ris[Bbdim]e[Bm]
High as the [Em]list'n[F#] ing ski[G]es
[Abdim]Let it resound[D] loud[Bbdim]
[Bm]as the r[Em]olling s[A]ea[D]
Sing a song full of the faith that
the dark past has taught us
Sing a [Gm]song full of the hope that the
present has [D]brought [Bm]us[A]
Facing the [D]rising [F#]sun [B]of o[A]ur
[Baug]new day begu[Em]n[F#][G]
[Abdim]Let us march on 't[D]il [Bbaug]vic
[Bm]tory[E] is [Asus4]won[D]

[Verse 2]
[D]Stony the road [A]we [F#]trod[Bm]
[D]Bitter the cha[Bbdim]stening rod[Bm]
Felt in the [Em]days [F#]when [G]hope
[Em]un b[E]orn [D]had died[A]
[G]Yet with [A]a s[D]teady b[F#]eat[B]
[A]Have [B]not our[Em] wea[F#]ry fee[G]t
[Abdim]Come to the place for[D] which[Bbdim]
[Bm]our fath[Em] ers [E]sig[A]hed[D]?
We have come over a [A]way that[G][A][D][F#][B]
[A]wit[Baug]h tears[Em] has been watered
[F#]We have come, trea[Bm]ding our path
through the blood of the [Bbaug]slaughtered
[A]Out fro[D]m the gloomy past
[Bm]'Til now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our
[E]bright star [A]is [Bm]cast[D]

[Verse 3]
God of our weary years
God of our silent [G]tears
Thou who has brought us thus
far on the way
Thou [Bbaug]who has by Thy m[D]ight
Led us [Bm]into the light
Keep us forever in the path, we pray
Lest [E]our [Em]feet stray [A]from the places,
[D]our God, [Bm]where we met Thee
Lest, [Bb]our hearts drunk [D]with the wine of the world,
we forget Thee
Shad[Bm]owed beneath
Thy hand
[Em]May we forever [A]stand
True to our God
True to [D]our [G]native land