Intro: F#--C#-F#/Bb- x5 
 
Verse 1: 
B 
  oh beautiful 
for spacious 
skies i 
         G#m F# x4 
put aside 
 
Verse 2: 
B 
  purple majesty 
you restless 
thing don't 
 G#m      F# G#m F# G#m F# G#m F# 
abandon me 
 
Chorus 1: 
F# C# 
     maybe i've 
F#/Bb 
lost  my faith 
   F# 
in history 
        C# 
and the only 
F#/Bb     F# 
thing i believe 
in now is 
    C#    F#/Bb 
the sound of 
    F#      C# F#/Bb 
the atlantic 
 
Verse 3: 
B 
  oh beautiful 
from sea to sea 
                G#m F# x4 
famously shining 
 
Verse 4: 
B 
  oh beautiful 
for gravity 
be with me 
through 
     G#m    F# G#m F# G#m F# G#m F# 
this century 
 
Bass: G#m--F#- x2 
 
Bridge: 
       G#m 
in the east the 
    F#   G#m F# 
sun rises 
there are 
G#m       F# G#m F# 
hurricanes 
       G#m 
in the east the 
    F#   G#m F# 
sun rises 
there are 
G#m       F# G#m F# 
hurricanes 
      G#m 
i can taste 
    F#     G#m F# 
the salt water 
      G#m 
i can taste 
    F#     G#m F# 
the salt water 
       G#m 
in the east the 
    F#   G#m F# 
sun rises 
 
Choru 2: Beat Switched from 4/4 to 3/4 
there are 
B         E G#m F# 
hurricanes 
    B   E 
and when the 
G#m      F# 
earth is only 
B    E   G#m  F# 
dust and brine 
      B   E 
we'll eat the 
G#m  F#    B    E G#m F# 
salt water taffy 
G#m      F# 
earth is only 
B    E   G#m  F# 
dust and brine 
      B   E 
we'll eat the 
G#m  F#    B(hold) 
salt water taffy