Save the people
G - C
- Am - D (2x)
G C - Am D
1. When wilt Thou save the
people, oh, God of mercy when?
G
C - Am F D - D7
Not kings and lords but
nations, not thrones and crowns, but
men?
Em Bm C - D - Em Bm C
- D
Flowers of Thy hea
rt, oh, God, are they,
Em Bm C A
let them not pass like weeds away,
Am
G Am G
their heritage of sunless
days,
D# F D
God save the people.
G C - Am D
2. Shall crime bring crime
forever, strength aiding still
the strong?
G
C - Am F D -
D7
Is it Thy will, oh Father, that man shall toil for wrong?
Em Bm C
D - Em Bm C
- D
No, say Thy mountains, no, say Thy skies,
Em Bm C G A
man's clouded sun shall
brightly rise,
Am
G
Am G
and songs be
heard instead of sighs.
D# F D + G - C - Am - D
God save the people.
G C - Am D
3. When wilt Thou save the
people, oh, God of mercy when?
G
C - Am F D - D7
the people love the people, not thrones and crowns but men?
Em Bm C
D - Em Bm C
- D
God save the people, for Thine
they are,
Em Bm C G A
thy children, as Thy angels fair,
Am G Am G
God save the people from despair.
D#
F D
God save the people ! God save the people ! (4x)
G C - Am D
4. When wilt Thou save the
people, oh, God of mercy when?
G C -
Am F D - D7
the people, love the
people, not thrones and crowns,
but men?
Em Bm C
D - Em Bm C - D
God save the people, for Thine
they are,
Em Bm C G A
thy children, as Thy angels
fair,
Am G Am
G
oh, save the people from
despair.
D#
F D
God save the people ! God save the people ! (3x)
G - C -
Am D G - C - Am
God save the people,
D G
- C - Am
God save the people,
D G - C - Am - D - G
God save the peo
.ple !
(Stephen Schwartz / Godspell)