FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH
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Time signature: 4/4
Tempo: moderate |
Lyrics: Folliot S. Pierpont (1864)
Music (original): Conrad Kocher (1838) UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Everything needs to be checked. |
Button Accordion Notation
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Beats per bar = 4
Beat symbol = Dot ( . ) or equivalent |
Either row (high) = buttons 5 - 8
Inside row (low) = buttons 2 - 5 plus o3* |
Order: Verse 1 - refrain - Verse 2 - refrain - Verse 3 - refrain - Verse 4 - refrain
.6 "6* "6 .7* .6 | .8* .8* :7 | .5* .6* .6 .5* | .5 .5 :5 |
.3 "2* "3 .3* .3 | .4* .4* :4 | .o3* .2* .3 .o3* | .2 .2 :2 |
For the__ beau - ty of the earth, For the glor - y of the skies,
For the__ beau - ty of each hour, Of the day and of the night.
For the__ joy of hu - man love, Broth-er, sis - ter, par-ent, child.
For each per - fect gift sub - lime, To our race so free- ly given.
.6 "6* "6 .7* .6 | .8* .8* :7 | .5* .6* .6 .5* | .5 .5 :5 |
.3 "2* "2 .3* .3 | .4* .4* :4 | .o3* .2* .3 .o3* | .2 .2 :2 |
For the__ love which from our birth O - ver and a - round us lies;
Hill and__ vale and tree and flower, Sun and Moon and stars of light.
Friends on__ earth and friends a - bove, For all gen - tle thoughts and mild.
Gra - ces__ hu - man and di- vine, Flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n.
refrain:
.7 .7* .6 .7 | ;8 "8* :7 | .5* .6* .6 .8* | .7 .7* :6 |
.4 .3* .3 .4 | ;5 "4* :3 | .o3* .2* .3 .4* | .4 .3* :3 |
God of all, to You we raise This our joy-ful hymn of praise.
.6 "6* "6 .7* .6 | .8* .8* :7 | .5* .6* .6 .5* | .5 .5 :5 |
.3 "2* "3 .3* .3 | .4* .4* :4 | .o3* .2* .3 .o3* | .2 .2 :2 |
For the__ beau - ty of the earth, For the glor - y of the skies,
For the__ beau - ty of each hour, Of the day and of the night.
For the__ joy of hu - man love, Broth-er, sis - ter, par-ent, child.
For each per - fect gift sub - lime, To our race so free- ly given.
.6 "6* "6 .7* .6 | .8* .8* :7 | .5* .6* .6 .5* | .5 .5 :5 |
.3 "2* "2 .3* .3 | .4* .4* :4 | .o3* .2* .3 .o3* | .2 .2 :2 |
For the__ love which from our birth O - ver and a - round us lies;
Hill and__ vale and tree and flower, Sun and Moon and stars of light.
Friends on__ earth and friends a - bove, For all gen - tle thoughts and mild.
Gra - ces__ hu - man and di- vine, Flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n.
refrain:
.7 .7* .6 .7 | ;8 "8* :7 | .5* .6* .6 .8* | .7 .7* :6 |
.4 .3* .3 .4 | ;5 "4* :3 | .o3* .2* .3 .4* | .4 .3* :3 |
God of all, to You we raise This our joy-ful hymn of praise.
Key of G: To play in G, but sound in key of Ab, A or Bb - place capo at fret 1, 2 or 3
Key of C: To play in C, but sound in D, E or F - place capo at fret 2, 4 or 5
Key of C: To play in C, but sound in D, E or F - place capo at fret 2, 4 or 5
Order: Verse 1 - refrain - Verse 2 - refrain - Verse 3 - refrain - Verse 4 - refrain
G D7 C G C G D7 G
C G7 F C F C G7 C
For the beau-ty of the earth, For the glor - y of the skies,
For the beau-ty of each hour, Of the day and of the night.
For the joy of hu-man love, Broth-er, sis - ter, par-ent, child.
For each per-fect gift sub-lime, To our race so free- ly given.
G D C G C G D7 G
C G F C F C G7 C
For the love which from our birth O - ver and a - round us lies;
Hill and vale and tree and flower, Sun and Moon and stars of light.
Friends on earth and friends a - bove, For all gen - tle thoughts and mild.
Gra - ces hu - man and di - vine, Flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n.
refrain:
G D7 G C G D7 G
C G7 C F C G7 C
God of all, to You we raise This our joy-ful hymn of praise.
G D7 C G C G D7 G
C G7 F C F C G7 C
For the beau-ty of the earth, For the glor - y of the skies,
For the beau-ty of each hour, Of the day and of the night.
For the joy of hu-man love, Broth-er, sis - ter, par-ent, child.
For each per-fect gift sub-lime, To our race so free- ly given.
G D C G C G D7 G
C G F C F C G7 C
For the love which from our birth O - ver and a - round us lies;
Hill and vale and tree and flower, Sun and Moon and stars of light.
Friends on earth and friends a - bove, For all gen - tle thoughts and mild.
Gra - ces hu - man and di - vine, Flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n.
refrain:
G D7 G C G D7 G
C G7 C F C G7 C
God of all, to You we raise This our joy-ful hymn of praise.
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Embedded youTube VIDEOS
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Fifteen videos in various keys: Ab=1 A=1 Bb=1 C=3 D=1 E=1 F=1 G=6
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Key: Ab
Tempo: ~100 bpm Pianist: Posted by: Purely Piano Praise Piano instrumental. |
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Key: A
Tempo: ~90 bpm Group: Cantus Posted by: CPR Classical |
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Key: Bb
Tempo: ~75 bpm Group: Rose Rock Daughters Posted by: Rose Rock Daughters - Topic |
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Key: C
Tempo: ~90 bpm Group: Irish Celtic Music Posted by: Irish Celtic Music - Topic |
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Key: C
Tempo: ~70 bpm Singer: Beth Nelson Chapman Posted by: Beth Nelson Chapman - Topic |
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Key: C
Tempo: ~85 bpm Group: City Church Posted by: City Church - Topic |
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Key: D
Tempo: ~65 bpm Guitarist: ? Posted by: hofei Finger style guitar instrumental, with the guitar strings tuned to d-a-d-g-b-e (the top string is dropped from "e" to "d") |
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Key: E
Tempo: ~80 bpm Singer: Michelle Swift Posted by: CelebratingHolidays |
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Key: F
Tempo: ~75 bpm Group: ? Posted by: Emmy T "Cover At The Mudds" |
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Key: G
Tempo: ~90 bpm Group: First Plymouth Church Lincoln, Nebraska Posted by: First-Plymouth Church Lincoln Nebraska - Videos |
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Key: G
Tempo: ~95 bpm Music: Tony Alonso Singer: ? Posted by: Tony Alonso - Topic |
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Key: G
Tempo: ~105 bpm Group: OCP Session Choir Posted by: OCP Session Choir - Topic OCP is abbreviation for the "Oregon Catholic Press," a major publisher of Catholic liturgical music |
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Key: G
Group: Turidae Posted by: Lisa Carlson Instrumental by a Mother-Daughter duo, Lisa Carlson (flute) and Mariah Carlson-Kirigin (harp) |
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Key: G
Tempo: ~100 bpm Singer: ? Posted by: TheNCrew |
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Key: G
Tempo: ~95 bpm Singer: Rev. Dr. Curran Reichert Pianist: Stephanie Ozer Posted by: FCC Sonoma CA |
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Background Lyrics, Information & Links
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Lyrics:
Verse 1 Refrain Verse 2 Verse 3 Verse 4 |
Sing refrain after each verse.
For the beauty of the earth For the glory of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies God of all, to You we raise This our joyful hymn of praise. For the beauty of each hour Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale and tree and flower Sun and Moon and stars of light For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child. Friends on earth and friends above For all gentle thoughts and mild. For each perfect gift sublime To our race so freely given. Graces human and divine Flowers of earth and buds of heaven. |
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Background
Links: |
Click HERE for (Wikipedia) information on this hymn.
Click HERE for (Wikipedia) information on lyrics composer P.S. Pierpoint Click HERE for information on music composer Conrad Kocher . There are other tunes that use these lyrics, including one by David Evans (1927) and one by John Rutter (1980). |