| Song Name: | America the Beautiful | By: | Katharine Lee Bates |
| Posted By: | djlactose | Difficulty: | Beginner |
| Key: | C | Genre: | Patriotic |
| Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
| Created: | 2004-05-05 09:05:56 | Modified: | 2004-12-09 22:12:34 |
| Song: | 6 6 5 5 6 6 -4 -4
Oh beau-ti-ful, for spac-ious skies, 5 -5 6 -6 -7 6 for am-ber waves of grain, 6 6 5 5 6 6 -4 -4 for pur-ple moun-tain ma-jes-ties -8 7 -8 8 -6 -8 a-bove thy fruit-ed plain, 6 8 8 -8 7 7 -7 -7 A-me-ri-ca, A-mer-i-ca, 7 -8 -7 -6 6 7 God shed his grace on thee. 7 7 -6 -6 7 7 6 6 And crown thy good with broth-er-hood 6 -6 7 6 -8 7 From sea to shin-ing sea. Repeat music above for each verse below: O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassion'd stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness. America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law. O beautiful for heroes prov'd 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 ev'ry gain divine. O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabster 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. |
