From Way Up Here chords by Pete Seeger

Chords with lyrics

This is a key that Pete has played this song in. Now, when he breaks and whistles,
I don't think he is playing the same chords. It's so quiet it's hard to tell, but what I have written goes well
with the melody.


A minorAm          DmDm        E minorEm
From way up here the earth looks very small,
   DmDm     E minorEm    DmDm        E minorEm
It's just a little ball of rock and sea and sand,
         A minorAm
No bigger than my hand.

   A minorAm       DmDm        E minorEm
From way up here the earth looks very small,
DmDm           E minorEm
They shouldn't fight at all
   E minorEm           A minorAm
Down there upon that little sphere.

Chorus:
   BB    C# minorC#m    BB       C# minorC#m
Their time is short, a life is just a day,
    BB         E minorEm
You'd think they'd find a way.
A minorAm
You'd think they'd get along
  E minorEm             A minorAm
And fill their sunlit days with song.

Whistling:
A augmentedA D MajorD BB E MajorE C#C# F#F# B minorBm

   A minorAm       DmDm      E minorEm
From way up here the earth is very small,
   DmDm      E minorEm
It's just a little ball,
              A minorAm
so small, so beautiful and dear.

Chorus:
   BB    C# minorC#m   BB       C# minorC#m
Their time is short, a life is just a day,
   BB      E minorEm
Must be a better way
A minorAm
To use the time that runs
E minorEm         A minorAm
among the distant suns.

   A minorAm        DmDm      E minorEm
From way up here the earth is very small,
   DmDm      E minorEm
It's just a little ball,
              A minorAm
so small, so beautiful and dear