Folliot S Pierpoint

For The Beauty Of The Earth(Cavaco chords)

Folliot S Pierpoint

Key: G

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	        G              C       G     C             G  D    G 
1. For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, 

                    C         G    C          G   D    G  
for the love which from our birth over and around us lies; 



Refrain (after each verse): 
G                D        G    C        G       D          G 
Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 


    G             C        G   C              G   D    G 
2. For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night, 

                    C         G      C                  G   D    G 
hill and vale, and tree and flower, sun and moon, and stars of light; 


    G              C       G    C                  G     D   G 
3. For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight, 

                C    G  C                 G    D    G 
for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight; 


    G              C     G     C                G  D     G 
4. For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, 

                       C       G     C                G      D   G 
friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild; 


    G                   C    G   C             G   D  G 
5. For thy church that evermore lifteth holy hands above, 

               C      G    C              G  D    G 
offering upon every shore her pure sacrifice of love; 


    G                  C     G    C                G   D   G 
6. For thyself, best Gift Divine, to the world so freely given, 

                        C       G      C                  G   D   G 
for that great, great love of thine, peace on earth, and joy in heaven: 

	        

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