For the Beauty of the Earth
𝄞: C,D,E  🕑: 4/4  CCLI: 43200  🖉 Conrad Kocher, Folliott S. Pierpoint  © 1864 Public Domain  

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For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies
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For the love which from our birth, over and around us lies

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C               G       C      F        Dm7     G6       C
Lord of all, to Thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise

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D              G      D      G             A      D
For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies
D                  G        D      G         A6       D
For the love which from our birth, over and around us lies

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D               A       D      G        Em7     A6       D
Lord of all, to Thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise

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E              A      E      A             B      E
For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies
E                  A        E      A         B6       E
For the love which from our birth, over and around us lies

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E               B       E      A        F#m7    B6       E
Lord of all, to Thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise

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For the wonder of each hour, of the day and of the night
Hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light

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For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight
For the mystic harmony, linking sense to sound and sight.

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For the joy of hu-man love, brother sister parent child
Friends on earth and friends a-bove, for all gen-tle thoughts and mild

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For Thy Church that e-ver-more, lift-eth ho-ly hands a-bove
Off-ering up on ev-ery shore, her pure sac-ri-fice of love

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For Thy-self best gift di-vine, to our race so free-ly given
For that great great love of Thine, peace on earth and joy in heaven
