Learn to play "The Gettysburg Address" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
Four score and seven years ago so began the message Of a war-weary President Abraham Lincoln A message written on the back of an envelope on a train On the way to dedicate a battlefield Where men from the north and south had died at Gettysburg Pennsylvania A Four score and seven years ago D our forefathers brought forth on this continent B A new nation conceived in liberty E And dedicated in the proposition that all men are created equal A Now we're engaged in a great Civil War A7 Testing whether that nation or D any nation so conceived And so dedicated can long endure' A We are met on a great battlefield of that war E We have come to dedicate a portion of that field As the final resting place for those who here gave their lives A That that nation might live It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate We cannot hallow this ground For the brave men living and dead who struggled here Have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract The world will little notice or long remember what we say here But it can never forget what they did here It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work Which they who fought here have thus so nobly advanced It is rather for us to be here d edicated to the great task remaining before us That from these honored dead we take increased devotion To that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died In vain and that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom And the government of the people by the people and for the people Shall not perish from the earth You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA A7 D E B Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
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