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%abc-2.1 X:1 T:Oh What A Beautiful City Z:Webmaster C:Pete Seeger M:C L:1/4 Q:"Spiritual" 1/4=120 K:G G3 B/2B/2 | d/2d/2 c B/2 G3/2 | d3 d/2d/2 | d/2d/2 d d d | G3 B/2B/2 | w:Oh what a beau-ti-ful ci-ty. Oh what a beau-ti-ful ci-ty. Oh what a d/2d/2 c B/2 G3/2 | d3/2 d3/2 c/2d/2 | B/2 G3/2 (F/2D/2) F | (G4 | G) z3 | w:beau-ti-ful ci-ty. Twelve gates to the ci-ty Oh * my Lord - d/2 (d2 d/2)c/2B/2 | d2 z2 | d/2 (d2 d/2)c/2B/2 | G2 z2 | d/2 (d2 d/2)c/2B/2 | d2 z2 | w:Three gates * to the east, three gates * to the west, three gates * to the north d/2 (d2 d/2)c/2B/2 | G2 (G/2G/2 B) | d3/2 d3/2 c/2c/2 | B/2 G3/2 F/2D/2 F | G4 | G z3 || w:Three gates * to the south. There's * * twelve gates to the ci-ty hal-le-lu-jah % W:ch W:Oh what a beautiful city W:Oh what a beautiful city W:Oh what a beautiful city W:Twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah W: W:1 W:Three gates in the East W:Three gates in the West W:Three gates in the North W:Three gates in the South W:There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah W: W:2 W:Who are those children they're dressed in red? W:There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah W:It must be the children that Moses led W:There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah W: W:3 W:Oh, when I get to Heaven, gonna sing and shout W:There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah W:Ain't nobody there gonna put me out W:There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah
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Song Note
Song by
Pete Seeger
Country of origin:
USA
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Song to be found in the following collection(s):
My Own Song Book