The Great American Melting Pot chords by Schoolhouse Rock

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate


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.