Chords and lyrics for America the Beautiful by Ray Charles

 

Oh beautiful, for heroes  

D# 

proved,

In liberating strife,

 

Who more  

Edim 

than self,  

A# 

our country  

Edim 

loved,

 

And mercy  

A# 

more than  

D# 

life,

 

America,  

A# 

America, may  

D# 

God thy gold  

A# 

refine,

Till all success be nobleness

 

And  

F 

every gain  

A# 

devined.

 

And you  

D# 

know when I was in  

G# 

Fm7 

school,

 

We  

A# 

used to  

F 

sing 

 

 

Fm 

it something  

D# 

like this,  

Gm 

listen 

 

here:

C# 

Oh 

 

 

G# 

beautiful, for spacious skies,

D# 

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties,

A#dim 

Above the fruited  

D# 

plain,

 

But now wait  

A# 

a minute, I’m  

C#dim 

talking 

 

about

 

A# 

America, sweet  

D# 

America,

A#dim 

You know,  

Gm 

God 

 

 

D# 

done shed his  

Edim 

grace 

 

 

A# 

on 

 

thee,

 

He  

Fm 

crowned thy  

F 

good, yes he  

A# 

did, in a brotherhood,

D# 

From sea to shining  

Fm 

sea.

 

You  

A# 

know, 

 

 

D# 

I wish  

A# 

I had  

Fm 

somebody 

 

 

D# 

to help me sing this

 

(America,  

C# 

G# 

America, 

 

 

G# 

God shed  

D# 

his 

 

 

D#m 

grace 

 

 

D# 

on 

 

 

A# 

thee)

 

America, I love you  

D# 

America, 

 

 

A#dim 

you 

 

see,

A# 

My God  

D# 

he done shed his  

G# 

grace 

 

 

A# 

on 

 

 

D# 

thee,

 

And  

A# 

you oughta love  

D# 

him 

 

 

G# 

for 

 

it,

 

Cause he, he, he, he, crowned  

D# 

thy 

 

good,

 

He  

A# 

told me  

Adim 

he would, with brotherhood,

D# 

(From sea to  

G# 

shining 

 

sea).

 

Oh Lord, oh  

D# 

Lord, I thank you Lord

(Shining sea).