America The Beautiful chords by Traditional

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

America the Beautiful

Text by Katharine L. Bates, 1859 - 1929
Music: MATERNA; Samuel A. Ward, 1848 - 1903

Official Music Sheet: https://www.ocp.org/en-us/songs/118?p=90246


Intro:
A A7 D  A  D E7 A

Verse 1:
A        E
O beautiful for spacious skies,
  E7       A  E7
For amber waves of grain,
  A        E
For purple mountain majesties
 B7        E  E7
Above the fruited plain!
 A    Bm  E
America! America!
  E7        A  A7
God shed his grace on thee,
  D          A
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
   D   E7   A
from sea to shining sea!


Verse 2:
A        E
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
    E7        A  E7
Whose stern, impassioned stress
 A        E
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
 B7       E  E7
Across the wilderness!
 A    Bm  E
America! America!
  E7        A  A7
God mend thine every flaw,
  D        A
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
  D  E7  A
Thy liberty in law!


Verse 3:
A        E
O beautiful for heroes proved
  E7     A  E7
In liberating strife,
  A           E
Who more than self their country loved,
  B7       E  E7
and mercy more than life!
 A    Bm  E
America! America!
   E7      A  A7
May God thy gold refine,
   D       A
Till all success be nobleness,
  D   E7   A
and every gain divine!


Verse 4:
A        E
O beautiful for patriot dream
   E7       A  E7
That sees beyond the years
   A     E
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
  B7       E  E7
undimmed by human tears!
 A    Bm  E
America! America!
  E7        A  A7
God shed his grace on thee,
   D          A
And crown thy good with brotherhood
   D   E7   A
From sea to shining sea!