[Strophe]
        G            C           D         G 
From a distance the world looks blue and green, 
         C           D         G     C  D 
and the snow-capped mountains white. 
        G           C      D          G 
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             C          G 
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, 
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      G 
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace. 
             C       D     G 
They're the songs of every man. 
          C      D          G       Em 
God is watching us. God is watching us. 
        Am               D    G 
God is watching us from a distance.
[Strophe]
      G         C        D          G 
From a distance you look like my friend, 
       C      D        G        C 
even though we are at war. 
        G       C             D     Em 
From a distance I just cannot comprehend 
C               D           G      C 
  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        G 
It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves. 
            C       D      G 
This is the song of every man. 
           C        D          G        Em 
And God is watching us, God is watching us, 
        Am           D           G 
God is watching us      from a distance. 
           C        D         G     Em 
Oh, God is watching us, God is watching. 
       Am          D       G 
God is watching us from a distance.