PJ Harvey - The Glorious Land: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Glorious Land" 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.

Cm
How is our glorious country ploughed
Gm
Not by iron ploughs
How is our glorious country ploughed?
Not by iron ploughs
G#                       Fm        A#
Our land is ploughed by tanks and feet marching
Our land is ploughed by tanks and feet marching

Chorus:
Cm           Gm
Oh, America, oh, England
Oh, America, oh, England

How is our glorious country sown?
Not with wheat and corn
How is our glorious country sown?
Not with wheat and corn
How is our glorious land bestowed?
How is our glorious land bestowed?

Chorus - x2

Cm
Oh what is the glorious fruit of our land
F                      Gm
Its fruit is deformed children
Cm
What is the glorious fruit of our land
F                      Gm
Its fruit is orphaned children


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

F

Guitar chord F

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

G#

Guitar chord G#

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.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Glorious Land" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Glorious Land" by PJ Harvey.

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