Samuel Ward – America The Beautiful chords

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America the Beautiful chords
Words by Katharine Lee Bates
Melody by Samuel Ward 

    G             DO beautiful for spacious skies, 
    D7             Gfor amber waves of grain 
                    DFor purple mountain majesties, 
 A        A7      D    D7above the fruited plain! 
 G        D     America! America! 
    D7                GGod shed his grace on thee 
    C                   GAnd crown thy good with brotherhood, 
     C      D7      Gfrom sea to shining sea! 

  G             DO beautiful for pilgrim feet, 
      D7                Gwhose stern impassioned stress
                  DA thoroughfare of freedom beat, 
 A         A7    D   D7across the wilderness! 
 G        DAmerica! America! 
    D7               GGod mend thine every flaw 
   C                GConfirm thy soul in self-control, 
    C    D7    GThy liberty in law! 

  G             DO beautiful for heroes proved, 
   D7         Gin liberating strife.
                         DWho more than self their country loved,
    A     A7        D   D7and mercy more than life! 
 G        DAmerica! America! 
    D7             GMay God thy gold refine 
     C              GTill all success be nobleness, 
    C     D7     Gand every gain divine! 


  G             DO beautiful for patriot dream, 
     D7              Gthat sees beyond the years 
                DThine alabaster cities gleam, 
  A         A7    D    D7undimmed by human tears! 
 G        DAmerica! America! 
    D7                GGod shed his grace on thee 
    C                   GAnd crown thy good with brotherhood, 
     C      D7      Gfrom sea to shining sea! 


O beautiful for halcyon skies, 
For amber waves of grain, 
For purple mountain majesties 
Above the enameled plain! 
America! America! 
God shed his grace on thee 
Till souls wax fair as earth and air 
And music-hearted sea! 

O beautiful for pilgrims feet, 
Whose stem impassioned stress 
A thoroughfare for freedom beat 
Across the wilderness! 
America! America! 
God shed his grace on thee 
Till paths be wrought through 
wilds of thought 
By pilgrim foot and knee! 

O beautiful for glory-tale 
Of liberating strife 
When once and twice, 
for man's avail 
Men lavished precious life! 
America! America! 
God shed his grace on thee 
Till selfish gain no longer stain 
The banner of the free! 

O beautiful for patriot dream 
That sees beyond the years 
Thine alabaster cities gleam 
Undimmed by human tears! 
America! America! 
God shed his grace on thee 
Till nobler men keep once again 
Thy whiter jubilee! 

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