America The Beautiful Chords

by Misc Traditional
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
Capo: no capo
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3 contributors total, last edit on Jul 4, 2024
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G
D
D7
A
A7
C

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America the Beautiful chords
Words by Katharine Lee Bates
Melody by Samuel Ward  1883
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful
 
[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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18 comments
charles47
Thank You so much for posting this song!! I am planning on making this my first song to play publicly!
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rudyharrelson
I like to play this in the key of Eb Major, as performed by Ray Charles. I transpose it down -5 and place a capo on the first fret.
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WoodrowJohnson
I remember signing this song in choir
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