Chords for AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL by Ray Charles

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Oh beautiful _ _ [E] for _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _
_ heroes proved _
[G] _ _ [Ab] in _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ liberating _ strife
[Eb] _ _ _ [Em]
Who [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ more than self _ [E] _ _ _
[Fm] their _ country [Eb] _
[Fm] _ loved _ _ _
[Db] I _ [Fm] _ _ [Gb]
[F] see more [Cm] than _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] love _ [Dbm] _
[Bb] _ _ _ America, [Eb] _
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_ _ _ _ America
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_ May _ [Bb] God thy gold _ refine
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_ _ [Db] Jesus, _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ success, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ being, nobleness, _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] and _ _ _ _ [Fm] ever [Bb] again _ [Abm] divine
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_ _ [Bb] When I was in school, you know, we used to sing something like this
_ [Eb] Oh _ _ beautiful _ _
_ _ [E] for _ [Fm] _
_ spacious _ [F] [Bb] skies
_ For _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ amber _ [Bb]
waves of grain
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_ [Bb] For _ _ [Bbm] _
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_ _ purple _ mountain [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
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majesties
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_ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] For white, _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
again, _ I'm talking [Eb] about _ _ _ _ America _
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America
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] [Bb] You know, _ God done shed his grace on _ [Eb] _
_ thee _ _ _
_ _ _ He [Ab] _
_ crowned thy [Db] good
[Ab] _
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Sacred _ brotherhood _ _ _ from _ [F] _
_ _ _ [A] sea [Bb] to _ _ shining [Eb]
sea
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] America,
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[Fm] oh, I love America _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ Because my God done shed his [D] grace [Eb] on thee
_ _ [Ab] _ And [Eb] you ought to love him for [G] it
Because [Ab] he _ _ crowned [Db] thy [Ab] good
He told me he would
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Sacred _ _ _ brotherhood _ _ _ [Bb] from _ [F] _ _ sea to [Bb] _ _ shining _
[Eb] sea
_ Oh, [Gm] Lord, [Eb] _ _ oh, [G] I [Ab] think he did
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[Ab] _ _ _ Shining _ [Eb] _ sea _ _ _
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