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