**Slowly on the first line of [Chorus 1]
Faster throughout after the first line of [Chorus 1]**
[Chorus 1]
C
Gonna build a kingdom on this sad old ground;
Am Em D
Gonna build a kingdom all around!
G C
Gonna call it heaven 'cause that's what it'll be--
F C G F C
A place of beauty, peace and joy for you and me!
[Chorus 2]
C
It'll take some hard work to make this old mud new.
Am G
It'll take a struggle, but we'll see it through!
G G
Go and tell your friends if they want to come,
F C G C
That they're all welcome to this land we call freedom!
[Bridge]
F G C F
Fight determined to be victors and we'll triumph in the end.
G
And we'll stop this world of trouble, and we'll ease this pain for men.
F C
We've a kingdom to establish with our tears, our sweat, our blood;
G
And we'll kick to hell this world of hell
G
And build a new world for God!
[Chorus 3]
C
So come all you people, it's your kingdom too;
Am Em G
'Cause it won't be a kingdom without you.
C
So rejoice my brothers, all men of all lands;
F C F C
For the glory of the true world, this wonderful me and you world,
F Am F G C
The kingdom of the new world is at hand!