Katherine Lee Bates, lyrics Samuel Ward
Key: C C C G Dm G7 C G7 V.1: O | beautiful for | spacious skies, for | amber waves of | grain C G G D7 G G7 For | purple mountain | majesties a- | bove the fruited | plain C G7 G F G7 C C7 A- | merica, A- | merica, God | shed His grace on | thee F C F G G7 C And | crown thy good with | brotherhood from | sea to shin- ing | sea
Key: G G G D Am D7 G D7 V.1: O | beautiful for | spacious skies, for | amber waves of | grain G D D A7 D D7 For | purple mountain | majesties a- | bove the fruited | plain G D7 D C D7 G G7 A- | merica, A- | merica, God | shed His grace on | thee C G C D D7 G And | crown thy good with | brotherhood from | sea to shin- ing | sea
Key: A A A E Bm E7 A E7 V.1: O | beautiful for | spacious skies, for | amber waves of | grain A E E B7 E E7 For | purple mountain | majesties a- | bove the fruited | plain A E7 E D E7 A A7 A- | merica, A- | merica, God | shed His grace on | thee D A D E E7 A And | crown thy good with | brotherhood from | sea to shin- ing | sea
V.2: O beautiful for pilgrim feet, whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wilderness America, America, God mend thine every flaw Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law V.3: O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife Who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life America, America, may God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness, and every gain divine V.4: 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 And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea
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