Misc Traditional – The Song Of The Republic (Guitar)

Gm               B
From Pakaraima’s peaks of pow’r

   Cm     Gm         F
To Courentyne’s lush sands,

     B       F      Gm
Her children pledge each faithful hour

   Cm       B      Gm
To guard Guyana’s lands.

    B                       Gm
To foil the shock of rude invader

       B      F     B 
Who’d violate her earth,

    B      Cm   B         Gm
To cherish and defend forever

     B          Cm   F     B
The State that gave them birth.

Gm               B
We’ll forge a nation’s mighty soul

  Cm     Gm         F
Construct a nation’s frame;

   B       F      Gm
Freedom our everlasting goal,

   Cm       B      Gm
Courage and truth our aim,

    B                       Gm
Unyielding in our quest for peace

       B      F     B
Like ancient heroes brave,

    Bb          Cm   Bb        Gm
To strive and strive and never cease

     B         Cm   F     B
With Strength beyond the slave.

Gm               B
Guyana, climb the glorious perch

   Cm   Gm      F
To fame, prosperity;

   Bb       F      Gm
Join in the universal search

    Cm    B     Gm
For world- wide comity.

     B                       Gm
Your people what soe’er their breed

     B      F     B
Their hue or quality,

    B           Cm   B         Gm
With one firm never changing creed

    B   Cm   F  B
The nation’s unity.