Misc Cartoons – Schoolhouse Rock - The Preamble (Guitar)

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Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?

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Do you know about the government?

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Can you tell me about the Constitution?

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Hey, learn about the U.S.A.

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In 1787 I'm told

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Our founding fathers did agree

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To write a list of principles

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For keepin' people free.

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The U.S.A. was just startin' out.

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A whole brand-new country.

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And so our people spelled it out

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The things that we should be.

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And they put those principles down on paper

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and called it the Constitution, and it's been

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helping us run our country ever since then.

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The first part of the Constitution is called the

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preamble and tells what those founding

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fathers set out to do.

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We the people,

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In order to form a more perfect union,

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Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,

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Provide for the common defense,

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Promote the general welfare and

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Secure the blessings of liberty

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To ourselves and our posterity

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Do ordain and establish this Constitution for

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the United States of America.

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In 1787 I'm told

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Our founding fathers all sat down

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And wrote a list of principles

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That's known the world around.

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The U.S.A. was just starting out

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A whole brand-new country.

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And so our people spelled it out

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They wanted a land of liberty.

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And the Preamble goes like this:

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We the people,

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In order to form a more perfect union,

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Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,

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Provide for the common defense,

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Promote the general welfare and

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Secure the blessings of liberty

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To ourselves and our posterity

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Do ordain and establish this Constitution for

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the United States of America.

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For the United States of America...