[Verse 1] G D G C G C G C C/D D G For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, G D G C G C G C C/D D G For the love which from our birth over and a-round us lies, [Chorus] G D G D/F# G Lord of all, to Thee we raise C G C G/D D G This our hymn of grateful praise. [Verse 2] G D G C G C G C C/D D G For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night, G D G C G C G C C/D D G Hill and vale, and tree, and flow'r, sun and moon and stars of light, [Chorus] G D G D/F# G Lord of all, to Thee we raise C G C G/D D G This our hymn of grateful praise. [Verse 3] G D G C G C G C C/D D G For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight, G D G C G C G C C/D D G For the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight, [Chorus] G D G D/F# G Lord of all, to Thee we raise C G C G/D D G This our hymn of grateful praise. [Verse 4] G D G C G C G C C/D D G For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, G D G C G C G C C/D D G Friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild, [Chorus] G D G D/F# G Lord of all, to Thee we raise C G C G/D D G This our hymn of grateful praise. [Verse 5] G D G C G C G C C/D D G For thy church that evermore lifteth holy hands above G D G C G C G C C/D D G Offering upon every shore her pure sacrifice of love, [Chorus] G D G D/F# G Lord of all, to Thee we raise C G C G/D D G This our hymn of grateful praise. [Verse 6] G D G C G C G C C/D D G For each perfect gift of Thine to our race so freely giv'n, G D G C G C G C C/D D G Graces human and divine, flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n. [Chorus] G D G D/F# G Lord of all, to Thee we raise C G C G/D D G This our hymn of grateful praise.
