Biography:
The New Christy Minstrels is an American folk music group that came to prominence in the 1960s and is currently performing in concerts across the country. For the Schedule of The New Christy Minstrels®, Under the Direction of Randy Sparks, visit
the one and only official web site: www.thenewchristyminstrels.com as well as The NCM Foundation web site: www.newchristyminstrelsfoundation.org
Formed by Founder Randy Sparks in 1961, The New Christy Minstrels®
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Verse 1
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am
Have you ever climbed on a big high mountain, to look down the other side?
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm Dm
And the world unfolds for your eyes to see, and your heart is filled with a wonderful kind of pride
Chorus:
Bb F Gm C
It’s a land of plenty, a land of beauty, a land that we all can share.
Am Gm F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm
I sing his praise, he’s got mighty big ways. Mighty big ways.
Verse 2
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm
Have you ever seen a bird flying high in the sky, and you think you’d like to be there too?
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm Dm
In a kingdom alone, with the clouds for a throne, don’t you know he’s wishing that he was like me and you?
Chorus:
Bb F Gm C
It’s a land of plenty, a land of beauty, a land that we all can share.
Am Gm F Gm Am Gm
I sing his praise, he’s got mighty big ways.
Verse 3:
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm
We’ve got flowers that bloom bringing fragrant perfume that is carried by the winds that cry.
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am
And the tall pines reaching their arms to the sun, and the little tiny trees that try.
Refrain:
Bb F Gm C
We’ve got morning sun and rivers that run to the seas so far away
Bb Am Gm C
All of these things that the great earth brings and lays at our feet each day.
Am C
I sing his praise…..
Chorus:
Bb F Gm C
It’s a land of plenty, a land of beauty, a land that we all can share.
Am Gm F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm
I sing his praise, he’s got mighty big ways. Mighty big ways.
Am Gm
I sing his praise….
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm F
He’s got Mighty Big Ways Mighty Big Ways Mighty Big Ways Mighty Big Ways
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am
Have you ever climbed on a big high mountain, to look down the other side?
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm Dm
And the world unfolds for your eyes to see, and your heart is filled with a wonderful kind of pride
Chorus:
Bb F Gm C
It’s a land of plenty, a land of beauty, a land that we all can share.
Am Gm F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm
I sing his praise, he’s got mighty big ways. Mighty big ways.
Verse 2
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm
Have you ever seen a bird flying high in the sky, and you think you’d like to be there too?
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm Dm
In a kingdom alone, with the clouds for a throne, don’t you know he’s wishing that he was like me and you?
Chorus:
Bb F Gm C
It’s a land of plenty, a land of beauty, a land that we all can share.
Am Gm F Gm Am Gm
I sing his praise, he’s got mighty big ways.
Verse 3:
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm
We’ve got flowers that bloom bringing fragrant perfume that is carried by the winds that cry.
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am
And the tall pines reaching their arms to the sun, and the little tiny trees that try.
Refrain:
Bb F Gm C
We’ve got morning sun and rivers that run to the seas so far away
Bb Am Gm C
All of these things that the great earth brings and lays at our feet each day.
Am C
I sing his praise…..
Chorus:
Bb F Gm C
It’s a land of plenty, a land of beauty, a land that we all can share.
Am Gm F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm
I sing his praise, he’s got mighty big ways. Mighty big ways.
Am Gm
I sing his praise….
F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm F Gm Am Gm F
He’s got Mighty Big Ways Mighty Big Ways Mighty Big Ways Mighty Big Ways
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