Misc Cartoons – Schoolhouse Rock - The Great American Melting Pot (Guitar)
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Music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Vocals by Lori Lieberman
c. 1977, Schoolhouse Rock
(This was a labor of love! :) I didn't see this tab on this site, so I just had
to make one! I'm a Gen-X'er who loved Schoolhouse Rock! :)
[Verse 1]
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 My grandmother came from Russia Gmaj7 Cmaj7 A satchel on her knee, Eb My grandfather had his father's cap Bb D He brought from Italy. Gmaj7 Cmaj7 They'd heard about a country Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Where life might let them win, Eb They paid the fare to America Bb D And there they melted in.
[Chorus]
Cmaj7 G Lovely Lady Liberty Cmaj7 G With her book of recipes Bb G And the finest one she's got C D G Is the great American melting pot. C D G The great American melting pot.
[Bridge 1]
Spoken:
C G America was founded by the English, C But also by the Germans, Dutch, and French.
The principle still sticks;
G Our heritage is mixed. Bb G So any kid could be the president.
[Bridge 2]
A7 G You simply melt right in, A7 G It doesn't matter what your skin. A7 G It doesn't matter where you're from, D Or your religion. You jump right in C D G To the great American melting pot. C D Bb The great American melting pot.
[Bridge 3]
G Cmaj7 Ooh, what a stew, red, white, and blue.
[Verse 2]
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 America was the New World Gmaj7 Cmaj7 And Europe was the Old. Eb America was the land of hope, Bb D Or so the legend told. Gmaj7 Cmaj7 On steamboats by the millions, Gmaj7 Cmaj7 In search of honest pay, Eb Those 19th-century immigrants sailed Bb D To reach the U.S.A.
[Chorus]
Cmaj7 G Lovely Lady Liberty Cmaj7 G With her book of recipes Bb G And the finest one she's got C D G Is the great American melting pot. C D G The great American melting pot.
[Bridge 3]
G What good ingredients, Cmaj7 Liberty and immigrants.
[Verse 3]
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 They brought the country's customs, Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Their language and their ways. Eb They filled the factories, tilled the soil, Bb D Helped build the U.S.A. Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Go on and ask your grandma, Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Hear what she has to tell Eb How great to be an American Bb D And something else as well.
[Chorus]
Cmaj7 G Lovely Lady Liberty Cmaj7 G With her book of recipes Bb G And the finest one she's got C D G Is the great American melting pot. C D G The great American melting pot.
[Outro]
C D G The great American melting pot. C D Bb G The great American melting pot.