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America the Beautiful chords
Words by Katharine Lee Bates
Melody by Samuel Ward
[Verse 1]
G D
O beautiful for spacious skies,
D7 G
for amber waves of grain
D
For purple mountain majesties,
A A7 D D7
above the fruited plain!
G D
America! America!
D7 G
God shed his grace on thee
C G
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
C D7 G
from sea to shining sea!
[Verse 2]
G D
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
D7 G
whose stern impassioned stress
D
A thoroughfare of freedom beat,
A A7 D D7
across the wilderness!
G D
America! America!
D7 G
God mend thine every flaw
C G
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
C D7 G
Thy liberty in law!
[Verse 3]
G D
O beautiful for heroes proved,
D7 G
in liberating strife.
D
Who more than self their country loved,
A A7 D D7
and mercy more than life!
G D
America! America!
D7 G
May God thy gold refine
C G
Till all success be nobleness,
C D7 G
and every gain divine!
[Verse 4]
G D
O beautiful for patriot dream,
D7 G
that sees beyond the years
D
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
A A7 D D7
undimmed by human tears!
G D
America! America!
D7 G
God shed his grace on thee
C G
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
C D7 G
from sea to shining sea!
[Verse 5]
G D
O beautiful for halcyon skies,
D7 G
For amber waves of grain,
D
For purple mountain majesties
A A7 D D7
Above the enameled plain!
G D
America! America!
D7 G
God shed his grace on thee
C G
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
C D7 G
And music-hearted sea!
[Verse 6]
G D
O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
D7 G
Whose stem impassioned stress
D
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
A A7 D D7
Across the wilderness!
G D
America! America!
D7 G
God shed his grace on thee
C G
Till paths be wrought through wilds of thought
C D7 G
By pilgrim foot and knee!
[Verse 7]
G D
O beautiful for glory-tale
D7 G
Of liberating strife
D
When once and twice, for man's avail
A A7 D D7
Men lavished precious life!
G D
America! America!
D7 G
God shed his grace on thee
C G
Till selfish gain no longer stain
C D7 G
The banner of the free!
[Verse 8]
G D
O beautiful for patriot dream
D7 G
That sees beyond the years
D
Thine alabaster cities gleam
A A7 D D7
Undimmed by human tears!
G D
America! America!
D7 G
God shed his grace on thee
C G
Till nobler men keep once again
C D7 G
Thy whiter jubilee!
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