Free America

G Lift up your hands, ye heroes, D G And swear with proud disdain, G The wretch that would ensnare you D G Shall spread his net in vain; G Should Europe empty all her force, C G D We’ll meet them in array, G D G C And fight, and shout, and shout, and fight, G D G For free America. G We led fair freedom hither, D G And lo, the desert smiled, G A paradise of pleasure D G Was opened in the wild; G Your harvest, bold Americans, C G D No power shall snatch away, G D G C Preserve, preserve, preserve your rights G D G In a Free America. G Torn from a world of tyrants D G Beneath this western sky G We formed a new dominion, D G A land of liberty; G The world shall own we’re freemen here, C G D And such will ever be, G D G C Huzza, huzza, huzza, huzza G D G For free America. G Some future day shall crown us D G The masters of the main, G Our fleet shall speak in thunder D G To England, France and Spain; G Nations o’er the oceans spread C G D Shall tremble and obey, G D G C The prince who rules by Freedom’s laws G D G In North America.