Lift Every Voice & Sing

Lift Every Voice & Sing
By James Weldon Johnson & J. Rosamond Johnson


VERSE 1
[D7] Lift every [G] voice [B7] and [Em] sing, ‘till earth and [G] hea[B7]ven [Em] ring—ring with the [Am] har[B7]mo[C]nies [Am] of [G] Liber[D]ty.


[D7] Let our [G] rejoi[B7]cing [E] rise high as the [Am] liste[B7]ning [C] skies— [A7] let it re[G]sound loud as the [D7] rolling [G] sea.


BRIDGE
[G] Sing [D] a [Em] song full of the faith that the dark past has [D] taught [D7] us.


[G] Sing [D] a [Cm] song full of the hope that the present has [G] brought [D7] us.


VERSE 2
[D7] Facing the [G] ri[B7]sing [E] sun of our new [Am] day [B7] be[C]gun— [A7] let us march [G] on till victo[D7]ry is [G] won. [A7] Let us march [G] on till victo[D7]ry is [G] won.