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Intro
F#m7 E/G# A G#m7 C#m9
F#m7 E/G# A Bsus
Verse 1:
Emaj9 Bsus
Shall I tell it a-gain
Emaj9 Bsus
how we star-ted as friends.
Emaj9 Bsus G#m7 C#7
who would run in-to one an-oth-er now___ and a-gain__
F#m7 B/C# F#m7 Bsus2
at the Yip-pee Cai O
or the Me-sa Du-pree,
E/A B/C#
or a doz-en dif-frent ev-'ry - day
F#m7 Bsus2
plac-es to be.___
Emaj9 Bsus Emaj9 Bsus
I was lop- in' a-long,______ liv - in' a-lone____
Emaj9 Bsus G#m11 G7
We were ev - er so brave on the tel-e-phone,____
F#m7 B/C# F#m7 Bsus
"Would you care to come down at fire - works time?
E/A B/C# F#m7 B7sus
We could each just reach. We could step out of line."____
D#m9 G#7
And the smell of the smoke,
C#m9 F#7 Bm7
and the lay_____ of the land,___ and the feel-ing of
Cdim7 C#m7 F#9
find-ing one's heart ___ in one's hand,
Bm11 Bb9 Amaj7 Dmaj7
and the ti-ny tin voice of the ra-di-o band sing-in'
D#m9 G#7 C#m9 F#7 Bsus
"Love must stand." love for-ev-er and ev-er must stand__
Verse 2:
Emaj9 Bsus Emaj9 Bsus
Unbelievable ___you, _____impossible___ me,
Emaj9 Bsus G#m7 C#7
The fool who fell out___ of__ the family tree,
F#m7 B/C# F#m7 Bsus2
The fellow who found ____ The philosopher's stone
E/A B/C# F#m7 Bsus2
Deep in the ground ____ like a dinosaur bone,
Emaj9 Bsus Emaj9 Bsus
Who fell into you _______ At a quarter to two,
Emaj9 Bsus G#m11 G7
With a tear in your eye for the Fourth of July
F#m7 B/C# F#m7 Bsus
For the patriots and the Minutemen
E/A B/C# F#m7 B7sus
And the things you believe they believed in then
D#m9
Such as freedom,
G#7
And freedom's land,
C#m9 F#7 Bm7
And the Kingdom of God and the rights of man,
Bm11 Bb9 Amaj7 Dmaj7
With the ti-ny tin voice of the ra-di-o band sing-in'
D#m9 G#7 C#m9 F#7
"Love must stand." love for-ev-er and
Bsus
ev-er must stand__
{Solo Verse}
F#m7 E/G# A G#m7 C#m9
F#m7 E/G# A Bsus
F#maj9 C#sus F#maj9 C#sus
And for - ev - er must stand___ Ay ya
F#maj9 C#sus
ya _________________
A#m7 D7 G#m7 C#/D# G#m7 C#sus
_______ (Ah ah_____________________)
C#
(Ay ya ya__________
F#/B C#/D# G#m7 G#sus
______________________________________)
D#m9 G#7
Oh, the smell of the smoke,
C#m9 F#7 Bm7
and the lay_____ of the land,___ and the feel-ing of
Cdim7 C#m7 F#9
find-ing my heart ___ in my hand,
Bm11 Bb9 Amaj7 Dmaj7
and the ti-ny tin voice of the ra-di-o band sing-in'
D#m9 G#7 C#m9 F#7 Bsus
"Love must stand." love for-ev-er and ev-er must stand__
Outro
F#maj9 C#sus F#maj9 C#sus
On the Fourth of Ju - ly) All on the Fourth
F#maj9 C#sus F#2
of Ju - ly
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Published: March 24, 2026
Last Updated: March 24, 2026