[Strophe]
        G            C           D  
From a distance the world looks blue
       G 
 and green, 
From a distance the world looks blue and green, 
         C           D         G    
and the snow-capped mountains white.
 C  D 
 
and the snow-capped mountains white. 
        G           C      D       
From a distance the ocean meets the
   G 
 stream, 
From a distance the ocean meets the stream, 
         C     D          G 
and the eagle takes to flight.
[Refrain]
          C       D        Em 
From a distance, there is harmony, 
        C        G           D 
and it echoes through the land. 
           C       G            
It's the voice of hope, it's the
 C          G 
 voice of peace, 
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace, 
          C        D     G    C 
it's the voice of every man.
[Strophe]
       G          C      D    G 
From a distance we all have enough, 
     C     D      G      C 
and no one is in need.
G          C           D     Em 
And there are no guns, no bombs, and
 no disease, 
And there are no guns, no bombs, and no disease, 
C          D          G 
no hungry mouths to feed.
[Strophe]
        C        D         Em 
From a distance we are instruments 
         C    G        D 
marching in a common band. 
         C        G               C 
Playing songs of hope, playing songs
     G 
 of peace. 
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace. 
             C       D     G 
They're the songs of every man. 
          C      D          G      
God is watching us. God is watching
 Em 
 us. 
God is watching us. God is watching us. 
        Am               D    G 
God is watching us from a distance.
[Strophe]
      G         C        D      
From a distance you look like my
    G 
 friend, 
From a distance you look like my friend, 
       C      D        G        C 
even though we are at war. 
        G       C            
From a distance I just cannot
 D     Em 
 comprehend 
From a distance I just cannot comprehend 
C               D          
  what all this fighting is
 G      C 
 for.
  what all this fighting is for.
[Refrain]
        C        D       Em 
From a distance there is harmony, 
       C         G          D 
and it echoes through the land. 
             C         G 
And it's the hope of hopes,  
          C        G 
it's the love of loves, 
          C          D  Em 
it's the heart of every man. 
         C        G              C   
It's the hope of hopes, it's the love
     G 
 of loves. 
It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves. 
            C       D      G 
This is the song of every man. 
           C        D         
And God is watching us, God is
 G        Em 
 watching us, 
And God is watching us, God is watching us, 
        Am           D        
God is watching us      from a
   G 
 distance. 
God is watching us      from a distance. 
           C        D        
Oh, God is watching us, God is
 G     Em 
 watching. 
Oh, God is watching us, God is watching. 
       Am          D       G 
God is watching us from a distance.