Gift of Common Home: singing the Laudato Si

Singing the Laudato Si principles: 

Gift of Common Home
(Cry of the Earth) on Laudato Si
Text and music © 2024 Erwin Cabucos

On guitar, using capo 2, G chord patterns

Intro: C - D - D7 - G

                                   G   C          D       G
1.         We hear the cry of our ailing earth
                     G                     C                   D               
            And the desire for nations to unite
                       C                            D                          BmEm
            To protect this Home, made before our time
                         Am             D                          G
            To preserve this Creator's blessed gift

                                              C                 D         Am   D7    G
Refrain:           We thank God for this gift of Common Home
                                    C                   D               Am   D7   G
                        To respect and to care is our common call
                                    C           D           Bm          Em
                        As we live our faith in Christ the Lord
                                       A                 DD7G
                        For the good of all creation


                           G                     D                  G
2.         We are one with the poor in their cry
              G                       C                           D
            When nature’s furies come and cause to die
                                   C          D                   Bm-Em
            To help restore for future is our call
                              Am     D                      G
            As sacred when God moulded us all (Refrain)


                     G                 D                    G
3.         We live out the call to simple life
                                   G                        C                      D
           We draw our joys from not harming to survive
                           C                          D                  Bm-Em
            To have livelihood that cares for the Earth
                          Am                     D                           G
            For our Future whose thanks will not be heard. (Refrain)


 
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