Ray Charles – America The Beautiful (Guitar)

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Words by Katharine Lee Bates Melody by Samuel Ward NOTES _________________________________________________________________ *This is how I play the Ray Charles Version on piano. Some of the chords may be more appropriately named in a different manner but I use the naming conventions that make the most sense to me! *The slash chords with out a chord in front of the / indicate a walking bass line using the same chord you were already playing. *Play this seemingly ridculously slow in 12/8 time _________________________________________________________________ [Verse 1]
    Eb      Edim7  Bb7/F   Bb7
O beautiful for   heroes proved,

Edim7  Fm7  /Ab/A  Bb7   Eb      Edim7  Bb/F  Bb7
   in   liberating        strife.

    Eb             Edim7   Bb7/F   Bb7
Who more than self their   country loved,

  Bb  A  Bb    C7   F7   Bb7  Ab/C  Bb7/D  Bb7   /C
and  mercy     more than life!

 Eb  Gm7  F#dim7  Fm7  Bb7
 America!    America!

Ab/C /C# Bb/D  Bb Ab/C  Bb7/D  Eb    Eb7   /G
May      God  thy gold    refine
Ab /Bb /C /C# /D Eb Till all success be nobleness,
     Fm7   Bb7 /D  Eb   Edim7  Bb7/F   Bb7
and every gain divine!
[Verse 2]
    Eb      Edim7  Bb7/F   Bb7
O beautiful for spacious skies,

Edim7  Fm7  /Ab/A  Bb7       Eb  Edim7  Bb/F  Bb7
  for amber        waves of grain

    Eb          Edim7   Bb7/F   Bb7
For purple mountain     majesties,

Bb A  Bb  C7  F7  Bb7   Ab/C  Bb7/D  Bb7   /C
above the fruited plain!

 Eb  Gm7  F#dim7  Fm7  Bb7
America!       America!

Ab/C /C# Bb/D  Bb Ab/C  Bb7/D    Eb    Eb7   /G
God      shed his grace    on   thee
Ab /Bb /C /C# /D Eb And crown thy good with brotherhood, Fm7 Bb7 /D Eb (or end with whole step walk up after Bb to the Eb (B Db Eb)) from sea to shining sea!