America The Beautiful

	  		

Frank Sinatra  
America the Beautiful  
(Katharine Lee Bates/Samuel Ward) 

To play along with the Sinatra recording which is in Bb, use a capo  
(1st fret). 

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INTRO 
  A                E          Bbdim Bm A/C# D   E7   A 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|0-----------0---|0---------------|--------2---4---|0-----------0---| 
B|2-----2-2---2---|0-----0-0---2---|3---5-----------|2-----------2---| 
G|2-----2-2-------|1-----1-1-------|----------------|2---------------| 
D|2---------------|2---------------|--------0---2---|2---------------| 
A|0---------------|2-----------1---|2---4-----------|0---------------| 
E|----------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------| 
  A        Adim/Eb E           E  C#m6 E/B B7/9      E 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------| 
B|2------2-2--1---|0-----0-0---0---|----0---2-------|0-----------0---| 
G|2------2-2--2---|1-----1-1---1---|3---1---2-------|1-----------1---| 
D|2-----------1---|----------------|2---2---1---1---|2-----------0---| 
A|0---------------|----------------|4---2---2-------|2-----------2---| 
E|----------------|0---------------|----------------|0-----------0---| 

  A              Esus4  E           E      E7/9      A           A7 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|----------------|----------------|--------2---0---|----------------| 
B|2-----2-0-------|----------------|0-------3-------|2-----------2---| 
G|2-----------2---|2-----1-1---2---|1---1---1-------|2-----------0---| 
D|2---------------|2-----2-2---2---|2-------2-------|2-----------2---| 
A|0---------------|2---------------|2---------------|0-----------0---| 
E|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------| 

  D         D#dim A/E          A   Bm7      E   E7   A 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|5-----2-2---5---|5-----0-0---0---|2-------0---0---|----------------| 
B|3-----3-3---4---|2-------2---2---|3-------0---3---|2---------------| 
G|2-----------5---|2-----------2---|----2---1-------|2---------------| 
D|0-----------4---|2-----------2---|----------------|2---------------| 
A|----------------|------------0---|2---------------|0---------------| 
E|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|----------------| 


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  A             E 
O beautiful for spacious skies,  
Bbdim Bm A/C# D     E7 A 
for   am-ber  waves of grain  
    A          Adim/Eb E 
For purple mountain    majesties,  
E C#m6 E/B B7/9    E 
a-bove the fruited plain!  
E7 A        Esus4 E    
A--merica! Ame--rica!  
    E         E7      A 
God shed his grace on thee  
A7  D              D#dim A/E 
And crown thy good with brotherhood,  
     Bm7    E  E7   A 
From sea to shining sea!  

  A             E 
O beautiful for patriot dream,  
Bbdim Bm   A/C# D    E7 A 
that  sees be---yond the years  
      A     Adim/Eb E 
Thine alabaster     cities gleam,  
E C#m6   E/B B7/9  E 
undimmed by  human tears!  
E7 A        Esus4 E    
A--merica! Ame--rica!  
    E         E7      A 
God shed his grace on thee  
A7  D              D#dim A/E 
And crown thy good with brotherhood,  
     Bm7    E  E7   A 
From sea to shining sea!  
A7  D              D#dim A/E 
And crown thy good with brotherhood,  
     Bm7    E  E7   A 
From sea to shining sea!