Misc Traditional – America The Beautiful (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: America The Beautiful Tempo: Q=100 Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths. Eighths are marked '+'. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Emphasize the melody notes. Play the 6th string bass in the D chord with your left-hand thumb (thumb-fretting). D-long ist the D chord with bar1-3 and pinkie on 1st string 5th fret.
[Verse]
   G   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +    D    +       +       +       +
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------------------3-------|-3----------p0---0-------3-------|-3-----------------------0-------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0---------------0-------0---|-------------2---2---------------|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|-----0---------------0-------0---|
A|-----------------2---------------|-----------------2---------------|---------0---------------0-------|
E|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-2---------------2---------------|

   Am  +       +   D   +       +     G   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
E|-----------------0-------2-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-1-------3-----------------------|-3-----------------------3-------|-3----------p0---0-------3-------|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0---------------0-------0---|
D|---------2---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-----------------2---------------|-----------------2---------------|
E|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|

   D   +       +       +       +         +       +       +   D   +  D-long +       +       +       +
E|-------------------------5-----\-|-4-------5-----/-7---------------|-5-------------------------------|
B|-3-------------------------------|-------------------------3-------|-----------------------------3---|
G|-------------2---2-----------5-\-|-----4-------5-/-----7-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-----------|
D|-----0---------------0-----------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|---------0---------------0-------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|-2---------------2---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
                                                                                                   A-

[Chorus]
   G   +       +       +       +     D   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
E|-7-----------7\--5-------3-------|-3----------p2---2-------3-----/-|-5-----\-2-------0---------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------3-------|
G|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----2---------------2-------2---|-----5-\-----2-------2-------2---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|---------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|-7---------------5---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   merica!                 A-        merica!                 God       shed    his     grace   on 
   merica!                 A-        merica!                 God       mend    thine   every   
   merica!                 A-        merica!                 May       God     thy     gold    re-
   merica!                 A-        merica!                 God       shed    his     grace   on

   G   +       +       +       +     C   +       +       +       +     G   +       +       +       +
E|-3-----------------------3-------|-3----------p0---0-------3-------|-3-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------0-------|-1---------------1-------1-------|-0-----------3---3-------3-------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----0---------------0-------0---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-----------------2---------------|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------2---------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
   thee.                   And       crown       thy good     with     brotherhood             From
   flaw,                   Con-      firm        thy soul     in       self-control,           Thy 
   fine                    Till      all         success      be       nobleness               and
   thee.                   Till      souls       wax fair     as       earth       and air     and

   Am  +       +   D7  +       +     G   +       +       +       +
E|-0-------3-------2-----/-5-------|-3-------------------------------|
B|-1-------1-------1---------------|-0-------------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------5---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---------2---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-----------------2---------------|
E|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
   sea     to      shining           sea!
   liberty                 in        law!
   every           gain di-          vine!
   music-          hearted           sea!
[Lyrics] O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare of freedom beat Across the wilderness! O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife. Who more than self their country loved And mercy more than life! O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! O beautiful for halcyon skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the enameled plain! ************************************ | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************