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This Is My Country

Words and Music by Al Jacobs and Don Raye - 1940

This song is played at the end of Walt Disney World and Disneyland fireworks shows.

Chorus:
F	Dm	Gm7	C7
F	Dm	F	Gm7            C7
F	Dm	Gm7	C7
F	Dm              G9	Gm7           C7	F7
Bb	-	F	-
Bb	Gm7	C	C7
F	Dm	Gm7	C7
F	Gm7            C7	F	-          (C7 repeat)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Chorus:

This is my country.
Land of my birth.
This is my country.
Grandest on Earth.

I pledge thee my allegiance,
America the bold.
For this is my country,
To have and to hold.

 

This is my country.
Land of my choice.
This is my country.
Hear my proud voice.

I pledge thee my allegiance,
America the bold.
For this is my country,
To have and to hold.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to Brad Roth perform "This Is My Country" on the plectrum banjo (mp3)

 

Listen to the Bayou Banjo Club perform "This Is My Country" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com