Chords for Schoolhouse Rock - "The Preamble"
Tempo:
144.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
D
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[C] As your [F] body grows bigger, your mind [Eb] must [Ab] flower, it's [C] great to learn, cause knowledge is power!
[Bb] It's schoolhouse rocky, a [Eb] chip off the block, [Bb] on your favorite schoolhouse, go out and block!
[C] Hey, do you know about the USA?
Do you know [G] about the government?
Can you tell me [C] about the Constitution?
[Dm]
[G] Hey, learn about the [C] USA!
[A] [G] [C]
[G] [C] In 1787, [G] I'm [F] told our founding [C] fathers did agree
to write a list of principles [D] for keeping people [G] free.
[E] [D] [C] The USA was just [E] starting out [F] a whole brand new [C] country,
and so our people spelled [G] it out, the things that we [C] should [G] be.
[C] And they put those principles down on paper [D] and [C] called it [F] the Constitution.
And it's been helping us run [C] our country [Dm] ever [C] since then.
The first part of the Constitution is called the [G] Preamble,
and tells what those founding fathers set out to [C] do.
We the people, [F] in order to form a more perfect [Dm] [C] union,
establish justice, ensure domestic [G] tranquility,
[C] provide for the common [D] [F] defense, promote the general [Am] welfare at [C] hand,
secure the blessings of liberty [G] to ourselves and our posterity,
[C] do ordain,
[F] [C] establish [G] this Constitution [C] for the [F] [C] United States [G] of [C] America.
[G] [C]
In 1787, I'm told [F] our founding [C] fathers all sat [G] [C] down
and wrote a list of principles [D] that's known the [G] world [F] around.
[Em] [C] The USA was just [F] starting out a whole brand [D] new [C] country,
and so our people spelled it out, they [G] wanted a land of [C] liberty.
[G] [C] And the Preamble [G] goes like this.
[C] We the [F] people, in order to form a more perfect [Dm] [C] union,
establish justice, ensure domestic [G] tranquility,
[C] provide for the common [F] defense, promote the general welfare at [C] hand,
secure the blessings of liberty [G] to ourselves and our posterity,
[C] do ordain,
[F] [C] establish [G] this Constitution [C] for the [F] [C] United States [G] of [C] America.
[G] For the United States of [C] America.
[F] [C] [G] [C]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[C]
[Bb] It's schoolhouse rocky, a [Eb] chip off the block, [Bb] on your favorite schoolhouse, go out and block!
[C] Hey, do you know about the USA?
Do you know [G] about the government?
Can you tell me [C] about the Constitution?
[Dm]
[G] Hey, learn about the [C] USA!
[A] [G] [C]
[G] [C] In 1787, [G] I'm [F] told our founding [C] fathers did agree
to write a list of principles [D] for keeping people [G] free.
[E] [D] [C] The USA was just [E] starting out [F] a whole brand new [C] country,
and so our people spelled [G] it out, the things that we [C] should [G] be.
[C] And they put those principles down on paper [D] and [C] called it [F] the Constitution.
And it's been helping us run [C] our country [Dm] ever [C] since then.
The first part of the Constitution is called the [G] Preamble,
and tells what those founding fathers set out to [C] do.
We the people, [F] in order to form a more perfect [Dm] [C] union,
establish justice, ensure domestic [G] tranquility,
[C] provide for the common [D] [F] defense, promote the general [Am] welfare at [C] hand,
secure the blessings of liberty [G] to ourselves and our posterity,
[C] do ordain,
[F] [C] establish [G] this Constitution [C] for the [F] [C] United States [G] of [C] America.
[G] [C]
In 1787, I'm told [F] our founding [C] fathers all sat [G] [C] down
and wrote a list of principles [D] that's known the [G] world [F] around.
[Em] [C] The USA was just [F] starting out a whole brand [D] new [C] country,
and so our people spelled it out, they [G] wanted a land of [C] liberty.
[G] [C] And the Preamble [G] goes like this.
[C] We the [F] people, in order to form a more perfect [Dm] [C] union,
establish justice, ensure domestic [G] tranquility,
[C] provide for the common [F] defense, promote the general welfare at [C] hand,
secure the blessings of liberty [G] to ourselves and our posterity,
[C] do ordain,
[F] [C] establish [G] this Constitution [C] for the [F] [C] United States [G] of [C] America.
[G] For the United States of [C] America.
[F] [C] [G] [C]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[C]
Key:
C
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F
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Bb
C
G
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[C] _ _ As your [F] body grows bigger, your mind [Eb] must [Ab] flower, it's [C] great to learn, cause knowledge is power!
[Bb] It's schoolhouse rocky, a [Eb] chip off the block, [Bb] on your favorite _ schoolhouse, go out and block! _ _ _
[C] _ _ Hey, do you know about the USA?
_ Do you know [G] about the government?
Can you tell me [C] about the Constitution?
_ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] Hey, learn about the [C] USA! _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ In 1787, [G] I'm [F] told our founding [C] fathers did agree
to write a list of principles [D] for keeping people [G] free.
[E] _ [D] _ [C] The USA was just [E] starting out [F] a whole brand new [C] country,
_ _ and so our people spelled [G] it out, the things that we [C] should [G] be.
_ [C] And they put those principles down on paper [D] and [C] called it [F] the Constitution.
And it's been helping us run [C] our country [Dm] ever [C] since then.
The first part of the Constitution is called the [G] Preamble,
and tells what those founding fathers set out to [C] do.
_ We the people, [F] in order to form a more perfect _ [Dm] [C] union,
establish justice, ensure domestic [G] tranquility, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ provide for the common [D] _ _ [F] defense, promote the general [Am] welfare at [C] hand,
secure the blessings of liberty _ [G] to ourselves and our _ posterity,
[C] do ordain, _ _
[F] _ [C] _ establish [G] this _ Constitution _ _ _ [C] for _ the [F] _ [C] United States [G] of _ [C] America.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
In 1787, I'm told [F] our founding [C] fathers all sat [G] [C] down
and wrote a list of principles _ [D] that's known the [G] world [F] around.
[Em] _ _ [C] _ The USA was just [F] starting out a whole brand [D] new [C] country,
_ _ and so our people spelled it out, they [G] wanted a land of [C] liberty.
[G] _ _ [C] And the Preamble [G] goes like this.
_ _ [C] _ _ We the [F] people, in order to form a more perfect _ [Dm] [C] union,
establish justice, ensure domestic _ [G] tranquility, _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ provide for the common _ [F] defense, promote the general welfare at [C] hand,
secure the blessings of liberty _ [G] _ to ourselves and our _ posterity,
[C] do ordain, _ _
[F] _ [C] _ establish [G] this _ Constitution _ _ _ [C] for _ the [F] _ [C] United States [G] of _ [C] America.
_ _ [G] For _ the United States of [C] America.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] It's schoolhouse rocky, a [Eb] chip off the block, [Bb] on your favorite _ schoolhouse, go out and block! _ _ _
[C] _ _ Hey, do you know about the USA?
_ Do you know [G] about the government?
Can you tell me [C] about the Constitution?
_ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] Hey, learn about the [C] USA! _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ In 1787, [G] I'm [F] told our founding [C] fathers did agree
to write a list of principles [D] for keeping people [G] free.
[E] _ [D] _ [C] The USA was just [E] starting out [F] a whole brand new [C] country,
_ _ and so our people spelled [G] it out, the things that we [C] should [G] be.
_ [C] And they put those principles down on paper [D] and [C] called it [F] the Constitution.
And it's been helping us run [C] our country [Dm] ever [C] since then.
The first part of the Constitution is called the [G] Preamble,
and tells what those founding fathers set out to [C] do.
_ We the people, [F] in order to form a more perfect _ [Dm] [C] union,
establish justice, ensure domestic [G] tranquility, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ provide for the common [D] _ _ [F] defense, promote the general [Am] welfare at [C] hand,
secure the blessings of liberty _ [G] to ourselves and our _ posterity,
[C] do ordain, _ _
[F] _ [C] _ establish [G] this _ Constitution _ _ _ [C] for _ the [F] _ [C] United States [G] of _ [C] America.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
In 1787, I'm told [F] our founding [C] fathers all sat [G] [C] down
and wrote a list of principles _ [D] that's known the [G] world [F] around.
[Em] _ _ [C] _ The USA was just [F] starting out a whole brand [D] new [C] country,
_ _ and so our people spelled it out, they [G] wanted a land of [C] liberty.
[G] _ _ [C] And the Preamble [G] goes like this.
_ _ [C] _ _ We the [F] people, in order to form a more perfect _ [Dm] [C] union,
establish justice, ensure domestic _ [G] tranquility, _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ provide for the common _ [F] defense, promote the general welfare at [C] hand,
secure the blessings of liberty _ [G] _ to ourselves and our _ posterity,
[C] do ordain, _ _
[F] _ [C] _ establish [G] this _ Constitution _ _ _ [C] for _ the [F] _ [C] United States [G] of _ [C] America.
_ _ [G] For _ the United States of [C] America.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _