America, the Beautiful
Samuel WardVersion1
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O beautiful for spacious skies,
for amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties,
above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
from sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat,
across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
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!
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!
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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Readable chord sheet for America, the Beautiful by Samuel Ward
O be[G]autiful for sp[D]acious skies, for [D7]amber waves of [G]grain For purple mountain [D]majesties, a[A]bove the [A7]fruited [D]plain[D7]! A[G]merica! A[D]merica! God [D7]shed his grace on [G]thee And [C]crown thy good with [G]brotherhood, from [C]sea to [D7]shining [G]sea! O [G]beautiful for [D]pilgrim feet, whose [D7]stern impassioned [G]stress A thoroughfare of [D]freedom beat, a[A]cross the [A7]wilder[D]ness[D7]! A[G]merica! A[D]merica! God [D7]mend thine every [G]flaw Con[C]firm thy soul in [G]self-control, Thy [C]liber[D7]ty in [G]law! O [G]beautiful for [D]heroes proved, in [D7]liberating [G]strife. Who more than self their [D]country loved, and [A]mercy [A7]more than [D]life[D7]! A[G]merica! A[D]merica! May [D7]God thy gold re[G]fine Till [C]all success be [G]nobleness, and [C]every [D7]gain di[G]vine! O [G]beautiful for [D]patriot dream, that [D7]sees beyond the [G]years Thine alabaster [D]cities gleam, un[A]dimmed by [A7]human [D]tears[D7]! A[G]merica! A[D]merica! God [D7]shed his grace on [G]thee And [C]crown thy good with [G]brotherhood, from [C]sea to [D7]shining [G]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!