America (My Country Tis of Thee) Quartet
by Henry Carey, Samuel Francis Smith & Henry Van Dyke
- Type:
- Diatonic
- Key:
- G
- Posted by:
- EarthDogHarpin
America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee) Quartet Diatonic
Music by Henry Carey
Lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith & Henry Van Dyke (verses 5 & 6)
Key of G Major Quartet Range C3 to E5
This quartet requires two key of G diatonics and 2 key of Low G diatonics:
<span style="color: #ff0000;">1st</span> & <span style="color: #993300;">2nd</span> harpist use key of G Richter diatonic while
<span style="color: #800080;">3rd</span> & <span style="color: #0000ff;">4th</span> harpist use key of Low G Richter diatonic
Tab Notations: none = blow - = draw ____= hold
’ = half-step bend ” = whole step bend ob = overblow
3/4 Time
<span style="color: #ff0000;">1st 4 4 -4 -3___ 4 -4</span>
<span style="color: #993300;">2nd 3 -3” -3” 3____ -3” -3’</span>
1. My coun-try ‘tis__ of thee,
2. My na - tive coun- try, thee,
3. Let mu - sic swell the breeze,
4. Our fa - ther's God to, Thee,
5. We love thine in_ - land seas,
6. Thy sil--ver Eas - tern strands,
<span style="color: #800080;">3rd 5 5 5 -4___ -4 6</span>
<span style="color: #0000ff;">4th 4 -3” -2” 3____ 3 3</span>
<span style="color: #ff0000;">1st 5 5 -5 5___ -4 4</span>
<span style="color: #993300;">2nd 4 4 4 4___ -3 -3”</span>
1. Sweet land of lib – er - ty,
2. Land of the no_ - ble free,
3. And ring from all__ the trees
4. Au -- thor of li_ - ber- ty,
5. Thy groves and gi__- ant trees,
6. Thy Gold - en Gate that stands,
<span style="color: #800080;">3rd 6 -6 -6 3____ -5 5</span>
<span style="color: #0000ff;">4th 4 -3” -2” -2___ 2ob -3”</span>
<span style="color: #ff0000;">1st -4 4 -3 4_____</span>
<span style="color: #993300;">2nd -3” 2 2 2_____</span>
1. Of thee I sing__:
2. Thy name I love__.
3. Sweet free-dom's song.
4. To Thee we sing.
5. Thy roll-ing plains;
6. Front-ing the West;
<span style="color: #800080;">3rd -5 5 -4 5______</span>
<span style="color: #0000ff;">4th -2” -2 -2 4______
</span>
<span style="color: #ff0000;">1st 6 6 6 6____ -5 5</span>
<span style="color: #993300;">2nd 5 5 5 5____ -4 4</span>
1. Land where my fa - thers died!
2. I love thy rocks and rills,
3. Let mor - tal tongues a - wake;
4. Long may our land be bright
5. Thy riv - er’s migh -- ty sweep,
6. Thy Flow – ‘ry South – land fair,
<span style="color: #800080;">3rd 3 3 3 3____ 3 3</span>
<span style="color: #0000ff;">4th 1 2 3 1____ 1 1</span>
<span style="color: #ff0000;">1st -5 -5 -5 -5__ 5 -4</span>
<span style="color: #993300;">2nd -4 -4 -4 -4 3 -2</span>
1. Land of the Pil -- grim's pride!
2. Thy woods and tem -- pled hills;
3. Let all that breathe par - take;
4. With free-- dom's ho___ - ly light;
5. Thy my -- stic can__ - yons deep,
6. Thy North’s sweet, crys - tal air:
<span style="color: #800080;">3rd 3 3 3 -2 -2 -2 </span>
<span style="color: #0000ff;">4th -2 -3 -4 -2 -2 -2</span>
<span style="color: #ff0000;">1st 5 -5 5 -4 4 5___ -5 6</span>
<span style="color: #993300;">2nd 4 4 4 4___ -3 4</span>
1. From ev – ry___ moun-tain-side,
2. My he-a-rt with rap--ture fills
3. Let rocks their si - lence break,
4. Pro- tect us____ by Thy might,
5. Thy moun-tains wild and steep,--
6. Oh Land__ be - yond com- pare,
<span style="color: #800080;">3rd 6 -6 6 -5 5 6___ 6 6 </span>
<span style="color: #0000ff;">4th 4 4 4 4___ -4 5</span>
<span style="color: #ff0000;">1st -6 -5 5 -4 4________</span>
<span style="color: #993300;">2nd 4 4 -3 4________</span>
1. Let_____ free-dom ring!____
2. Like____ that a -- bove.____
3. The_____ sound pro-long.____
4. Great___ God, our King!____
5. All_____ thy do - mains.___
6. We______ love thee best!____
<span style="color: #800080;">3rd -5 -6 6 -5 5________</span>
<span style="color: #0000ff;">4th -5 6 -2 4________ </span>