Music: George J. Elvey, Words: Henry Alford and Hugh Hartsborne
Key of F (played in D capo 3)
VERSE 1
D A D A D D A Bm F#m
Come, ye thankful people come, raise the song of harvest home.
Bm Em A D D E A D A E A
All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms be-gin.
A D A D D G D G
God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied.
B Em A D G D A D
Come to God's own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home.
VERSE 2
D A D A D D A Bm F#m
All the blessings of the field, all the stores the gardens yield
Bm Em A D D E A D A E A
All the fruits in full supply, ripened 'neath the sum-mer sky.
A D A D D G D G
All that spring, with bounteous hand, scatters o'er the smil-ing land.
B Em A D G D A D
All that liberal autumn pours, from her rich o'er-flowing stores.
VERSE 3
D A D A D D A Bm F#m
These to Thee, our God we owe, source whence all our blessings flow.
Bm Em A D D E A D A E A
And for these our souls shall raise grateful songs of sol-emn praise.
A D A D D G D G
Come, then, thankful people, come, raise the song of har-vest home.