Misc Traditional – America The Beautiful (Guitar)

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Words by Katharine Lee Bates Melody by Samuel Ward 1883 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful [Verse 1]
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O beautiful for spacious skies, 

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for amber waves of grain 

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For purple mountain majesties, 

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above the fruited plain! 

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America! America! 

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God shed his grace on thee 

    C                   G
And crown thy good with brotherhood, 

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from sea to shining sea! 
[Verse 2]
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O beautiful for pilgrim feet, 

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whose stern impassioned stress

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A thoroughfare of freedom beat, 

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across the wilderness! 

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America! America! 

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God mend thine every flaw 

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Confirm thy soul in self-control, 

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Thy liberty in law! 
[Verse 3]
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O beautiful for heroes proved, 

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in liberating strife.

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Who more than self their country loved,

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and mercy more than life! 

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America! America! 

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May God thy gold refine 

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Till all success be nobleness, 

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and every gain divine! 
[Verse 4]
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O beautiful for patriot dream, 

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that sees beyond the years 

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Thine alabaster cities gleam, 

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undimmed by human tears! 

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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]
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O beautiful for halcyon skies,

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For amber waves of grain, 

                    D
For purple mountain majesties 

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Above the enameled plain! 

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America! America! 

    D7                G
God shed his grace on thee 

     C                 G
Till souls wax fair as earth and air 

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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 

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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 

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By pilgrim foot and knee! 
[Verse 7]
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O beautiful for glory-tale 

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Of liberating strife 

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When once and twice, for man's avail 

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Men lavished precious life! 

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America! America! 

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God shed his grace on thee 

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Till selfish gain no longer stain 

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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 

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Undimmed by human tears! 

 G        D
America! America! 

    D7                G
God shed his grace on thee

     C               G
Till nobler men keep once again 

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Thy whiter jubilee! 
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