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Pete's Shoulders (The Power of Song)

Capo 3rd/4th fret


C/E   F   Am7/E - G/D - C


           C                                     F           C
We've been standing on your shoulders, Pete, for oh, so many years.
     F              C                 G
I'll tell you it's amazing, Pete, the view you get from here.
Am                      F                  C
You can see humanity in countries near and far;
F               C               G                C   F   Am7/E - G/D - C
You can see the world, Pete, no matter where you are.


G                             C
One voice with a banjo on the corner of a street
Dm              Am                     F         G
Sings a song of hope and change with a melody so sweet.
F              C               G              C
When we hear a thousand voices start to sing along,
F             C                  F          G
Then we get a chance to feel the power of a song.

We've been standing on your shoulders, Pete, for oh, so many years.
I'll tell you it's amazing, Pete, the view you get from here.
You can see humanity in countries near and far;
You can see the world, Pete, no matter where you are.

Someone says the Hudson's not as clean as it could be;
All along the river people say that they agree.
The struggle is a long one and it's filled with storms and gales,
But the victory is the greater as Clearwater hoists its sails.

We've been standing on your shoulders, Pete, for oh, so many years.
I'll tell you it's amazing, Pete, the view you get from here.
You can see humanity in countries near and far;
You can see the world, Pete, no matter where you are.

Like Aunt Molly Jackson, like Woody and Joe Hill,
Your songs have fueled our truth to power, and they always will.
There's a banjo ringing somewhere and a yodel in the air,
And they tell us we've got work to do with the power we all share.

We've been standing on your shoulders, Pete, for oh, so many years.
I'll tell you it's amazing, Pete, the view you get from here.
You can see humanity in countries near and far;
You can see the world, Pete, no matter where you are.
We can see the world, Pete, no matter where we are.

(Words and music by Tom Paxton & Cathy Fink, 2020)

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