Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Tammy Wynette

Written by Julia Ward Howe

Key of C · Chords: I III IV V ii vi

Verse 1

C
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
      F                                   C                   G7
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored
        C                                   E7             Am
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword
    Dm       G7       C
His truth is marching on

Verse 2

Glory glory hallelujah
F           C
Glory glory hallelujah
            C Am
Glory glory hallelujah
    Dm       G7       C
His truth is marching on

Verse 3

I have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred circling camps
          F                           C                G7
They have buildth Him an altar in the evening dews and damps
      C                                      E7          Am
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps
    Dm     G7       C
His day is marching on

Verse 2

Glory glory hallelujah
F           C
Glory glory hallelujah
            C Am
Glory glory hallelujah
    Dm       G7       C
His truth is marching on

Verse 4

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea
       F                       C                    G7
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me
      C                            E7              Am
As He died to make men holy let us die to make men free
      Dm     G7       C
While God is marching on

Verse 2

Glory glory hallelujah
F           C
Glory glory hallelujah
            C Am
Glory glory hallelujah
    Dm       G7       C
His truth is marching on

Verse 2

Glory glory hallelujah
F           C
Glory glory hallelujah
            C Am
Glory glory hallelujah
    Dm       G7       C
His truth is marching on