America the beautiful chords

Ray Charles

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D7 G     Em Edim Am7      D7   C/B  C  Cadd9 Am7 D7 G   Edim  D7  
O beautiful for spacious skies, for am - ber waves of grain,  
  
D7   G      Em Edim Am7    D7   Fdim D7  E7  A7     D7  
For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain!  
  
  G  D7  D9   C  D7   Am7  D9  Am7   D   D7  G    GM7  G7    
America! A - merica!  God shed His grace on thee,  
  
Fdim C         Am7        G    G/F#     Em   
And crown thy good with broth  -  er - hood  
  
D7   C  Am7  D  D7   G    Em7    D7  
From sea to shining sea!  
  
  
  
D7 G    Em Edim Am7  D7   C/B    C    Cadd9  Am7  D7  G   Edim  D7  
O beautiful for pilgrim feet whose stern im - passion'd stress  
  
D7  G      Em Edim Am7     D7     Fdim D7  E7    A7     D7  
A thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wil - der - ness.  
  
 G    D7   D9  C  D7   Am7  D9    Am7  D     D7  G   GM7   G7  
America! A - merica!  God mend thine ev' - ry flaw,  
  
Fdim C        Am7     G  G/F#    Em  D7 C    Am7 D  D7  G  Em7  D7  
Confirm thy soul in self  -  control, thy lib - er - ty in law.  
  
  
  
D7 G    Em Edim Am7      D7 C/B C     Cadd9 Am7 D7 G   Edim  D7  
O beautiful for patriot dream that sees be - yond the years  
  
D7    G      Em Edim Am7 D7            Fdim D7 E7   A7   D7  
Thine al-a-bas-ter cities gleam un - dim'd by hu - man tears.  
  
  G  D7  D9   C  D7   Am7  D9  Am7   D   D7  G    GM7  G7    
America! A - merica!  God shed His grace on thee,  
  
C                      Am7        G    G/F#     Em   
And crown thy good with broth  -  er - hood  
  
D7   C  Am7  D  D7   G      
From sea to shining sea!