GD
O beautiful for spacious skies,
D7G
for amber waves of grain
D
For purple mountain majesties,
AA7DD7
above the fruited plain!
GD
America! America!
D7G
God shed his grace on thee
CG
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
CD7G
from sea to shining sea!
GD
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
D7G
whose stern impassioned stress
DA thoroughfare of freedom beat,
AA7DD7
across the wilderness!
GD
America! America!
D7G
God mend thine every flaw
CG
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
CD7G
Thy liberty in law!
GD
O beautiful for heroes proved,
D7G
in liberating strife.
D
Who more than self their country loved,
AA7DD7
and mercy more than life!
GD
America! America!
D7G
May God thy gold refine
CG
Till all success be nobleness,
CD7G
and every gain divine!
GD
O beautiful for patriot dream ,
D7G
that sees beyond the years
D
Thine alabaster cities gleam ,
AA7DD7
undimmed by human tears!
GD
America! America!
D7G
God shed his grace on thee
CG
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
CD7G
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!
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.