The Great American Melting Pot chords by Schoolhouse Rock

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate


Verse 1:

  Gmaj7Gmaj7         Cmaj7Cmaj7
My grandmother came from Russia
 Gmaj7Gmaj7     Cmaj7Cmaj7
A augmentedA satchel on her knee,
  Eb MajorEb
My grandfather had his father's cap
  Bb majorBb       D MajorD
He brought from Italy.
    Gmaj7Gmaj7     Cmaj7Cmaj7
They'd heard about a country
   Gmaj7Gmaj7        Cmaj7Cmaj7
Where life might let them win,
   Eb MajorEb
They paid the fare to America
  Bb majorBb        D MajorD
And there they melted in.

Chorus:

Cmaj7Cmaj7    G+G
Lovely Lady Liberty
Cmaj7Cmaj7      G+G
With her book of recipes
Bb majorBb             G+G
And the finest one she's got
           C majorC D MajorD  G+G
Is the great American melting pot.
          C majorC D MajorD  G+G
The great American melting pot.


Bridge 1:

Spoken:

 C majorC             G+G
America was founded by the English,
                  C majorC
But also by the Germans, Dutch, and French.

The principle still sticks;
  G+G
Our heritage is mixed.
  Bb majorBb            G+G
So any kid could be the president.

Bridge 2:

      A7A7     G+G
You simply melt right in,
         A7A7    G+G
It doesn't matter what your skin.
         A7A7      G+G
It doesn't matter where you're from,
            D MajorD
Or your religion. You jump right in
           C majorC D MajorD  G+G
To the great American melting pot.
          C majorC D MajorD  Bb majorBb
The great American melting pot.


Bridge 3:

G+G           Cmaj7Cmaj7
Ooh, what a stew, red, white, and blue.


Verse 2:

Gmaj7Gmaj7      Cmaj7Cmaj7
America was the New World
  Gmaj7Gmaj7     Cmaj7Cmaj7
And Europe was the Old.
 Eb MajorEb
America was the land of hope,
  Bb majorBb      D MajorD
Or so the 🏷Legend told.
  Gmaj7Gmaj7       Cmaj7Cmaj7
On steamboats by the millions,
  Gmaj7Gmaj7      Cmaj7Cmaj7
In search of honest pay,
   Eb MajorEb
Those 19th-century immigrants sailed
  Bb majorBb      D MajorD
To reach the U.S.A.


Chorus:

Cmaj7Cmaj7    G+G
Lovely Lady Liberty
Cmaj7Cmaj7      G+G
With her book of recipes
Bb majorBb             G+G
And the finest one she's got
           C majorC D MajorD  G+G
Is the great American melting pot.
          C majorC D MajorD  G+G
The great American melting pot.


Bridge 3:

G+G
What good ingredients,
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Liberty and immigrants.


Verse 3:

   Gmaj7Gmaj7         Cmaj7Cmaj7
They brought the country's customs,
   Gmaj7Gmaj7       Cmaj7Cmaj7
Their language and their ways.
   Eb MajorEb
They filled the factories, tilled the soil,
    Bb majorBb      D MajorD
Helped build the U.S.A.
  Gmaj7Gmaj7      Cmaj7Cmaj7
Go on and ask your grandma,
   Gmaj7Gmaj7      Cmaj7Cmaj7
Hear what she has to tell
  Eb MajorEb
How great to be an American
  Bb majorBb        D MajorD
And something else as well.


Chorus:

Cmaj7Cmaj7    G+G
Lovely Lady Liberty
Cmaj7Cmaj7      G+G
With her book of recipes
Bb majorBb             G+G
And the finest one she's got
           C majorC D MajorD  G+G
Is the great American melting pot.
          C majorC D MajorD  G+G
The great American melting pot.


Outro:

          C majorC D MajorD  G+G
The great American melting pot.
          C majorC D MajorD  Bb majorBb  G+G
The great American melting pot.