AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL                             [A]
Katharine Lee Bates


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O beautiful for spacious skies, for am  -  ber waves of         grain, 
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For purple mountain majesties, above the frui - ted plain! 
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America! America! God shed his grace on thee 
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And crown thy good with brotherhood
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From sea to shining sea!

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O beautiful for heroes proved, in li  -    ber  -a - ting             strife. 
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Who more than self the country loved, and mercy   more than life! 
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America! America!, May God thy gold   re - fine 
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Till all success be nobleness 
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And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years 
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Thine alabaster cities gleam undimmed by human tears! 
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America! America! God shed his grace on thee 
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And crown thy good with brotherhood
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From sea to shining sea!
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And crown thy good with brotherhood 
A/E    Bm7      E          Asus-A
From sea to shining sea!