Hooray for George the Third chords by Arthur Schwartz

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Verse 1
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Em 
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C 
Who gave us
the glorious fourth?
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George Washington!
Benjamin Franklin!
Thomas Jefferson!
Wrong!
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The history books are mystery books,
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and so we have to sing a song to tell
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who gave us the glorious fourth.
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Em 
Well, who was the guy?
The one who did it
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D 
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I checked and  double -checked.
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It was a character you'd
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never suspect.
Em 
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Em 
Well, who was it?
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Am 
It was George the Third!
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G 
Hooray!
C 
Hooray for George the Third!
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If it wasn't for George the Third,
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would there be a Fourth of July?
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C 
No, there'd never be a Fourth of July!
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And where would you be tonight,
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tonight?
G 
Oh, where would you be tonight?
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G 
Where would you be tonight
C 
without a Paul Revere?
D 
Where? Without a Bunker Hill?
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Yes!
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Without a Washington cross
C 
ing the Delaware?
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Where would you be tonight
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without a Lafayette?
Where?
Without a Liberty Bell?
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Where?
Em 
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Without a spirit of seventy -six
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E 
Fdim 
Although it sounds insane
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Fm 
If it wasn't for George the Third
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C 
Would there be a Fourth of July?
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A 
Oh no!
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G 
C 
D 
G 
George started the whole damn show!
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Would there be Fourth of it wasn't
for George the Third
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G 
Won't there be a 4th of July?
D 
Oh, there'll never be a 4th of
July!
And where would you be tonight,
tonight?
Oh, where would you
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D 
be tonight?
A 
D 
Where would you be tonight
without a quarrel here?
Em 
Without a conqueror there?
A 
D 
Without a Washington cross
ing the Delaware?
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A 
Where would you be tonight
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without a Lockheed?
Without a Liberty Bell?
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Without a Spirit of 76?
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G 
We could watch it burn!
D 
Em 
We could watch it rejoice and learn!
A 
D 
Won't there be a 4th of July?
No, no!
C 
E 
Can there ever be a Golden Gate?
Can there ever be a Brooklyn Bridge?
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Em 
A Mississippi River would flow
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E 
right through the heart of New York!
D 