Biography:
Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of 46 educational shorts featuring rock songs about "schoolhouse" topics, including grammar, science, economics, history, and politics. Originally conceived by Thomas G. Yohe in 1972, the shorts were broadcast on ABC television affiliates between 1973 and 1986. They were then broadcast on occasion throughout the 1990s and part of the 2000s. An additional short, I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College, was created for the 30th anniversary video release.
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[Intro]
C C
Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?
G
Do you know about the government?
C F C
Can you tell me about the Constitution?
F G C
Hey, learn about the U.S.A.
[Verse 1]
C
In 1787 I'm told
F C
Our founding fathers did agree
C
To write a list of principles
D G
For keepin' people free.
[Pre-Chorus]
C
The U.S.A. was just startin' out.
F C
A whole brand-new country.
C
And so our people spelled it out
G C
The things that we should be.
[Talky-Bit 1]
C C
And they put those principles down on paper
F C
and called it the Constitution, and it's been
C
helping us run our country ever since then.
G
The first part of the Constitution is called the
C F
preamble and tells what those founding
C G
fathers set out to do.
[Chorus]
C
We the people,
F
In order to form a more perfect union,
C G
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
C
Provide for the common defense,
F
Promote the general welfare and
C
Secure the blessings of liberty
G G7
To ourselves and our posterity
C F G
Do ordain and establish this Constitution for
F G C
the United States of America.
[Verse 2]
C
In 1787 I'm told
F C
Our founding fathers all sat down
C
And wrote a list of principles
D G
That's known the world around.
[Pre-Chorus]
C
The U.S.A. was just starting out
F C
A whole brand-new country.
C
And so our people spelled it out
G C
They wanted a land of liberty.
[Talky Bit 2]
G
And the Preamble goes like this:
[Chorus]
C
We the people,
F
In order to form a more perfect union,
C G
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
C
Provide for the common defense,
F
Promote the general welfare and
C
Secure the blessings of liberty
G G7
To ourselves and our posterity
C F C G
Do ordain and establish this Constitution for
F G C
the United States of America.
F G C
For the United States of America...
C C
Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?
G
Do you know about the government?
C F C
Can you tell me about the Constitution?
F G C
Hey, learn about the U.S.A.
[Verse 1]
C
In 1787 I'm told
F C
Our founding fathers did agree
C
To write a list of principles
D G
For keepin' people free.
[Pre-Chorus]
C
The U.S.A. was just startin' out.
F C
A whole brand-new country.
C
And so our people spelled it out
G C
The things that we should be.
[Talky-Bit 1]
C C
And they put those principles down on paper
F C
and called it the Constitution, and it's been
C
helping us run our country ever since then.
G
The first part of the Constitution is called the
C F
preamble and tells what those founding
C G
fathers set out to do.
[Chorus]
C
We the people,
F
In order to form a more perfect union,
C G
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
C
Provide for the common defense,
F
Promote the general welfare and
C
Secure the blessings of liberty
G G7
To ourselves and our posterity
C F G
Do ordain and establish this Constitution for
F G C
the United States of America.
[Verse 2]
C
In 1787 I'm told
F C
Our founding fathers all sat down
C
And wrote a list of principles
D G
That's known the world around.
[Pre-Chorus]
C
The U.S.A. was just starting out
F C
A whole brand-new country.
C
And so our people spelled it out
G C
They wanted a land of liberty.
[Talky Bit 2]
G
And the Preamble goes like this:
[Chorus]
C
We the people,
F
In order to form a more perfect union,
C G
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
C
Provide for the common defense,
F
Promote the general welfare and
C
Secure the blessings of liberty
G G7
To ourselves and our posterity
C F C G
Do ordain and establish this Constitution for
F G C
the United States of America.
F G C
For the United States of America...
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Scope
Score 24
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