America The Beautiful Chords by Ray Charles

Tempo:
168.9 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Eb

Ab

E

Cm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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America the Beautiful. Ray Charles. (1972) chords
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[Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] Oh beautiful [Em] for [Bb]
heroes proved
[E] [Fm] [Bb] in liberating strife, [Eb] [Em] [Bb]
[Eb]
who more than self [E]
their [Bb] country loved
and [A]
[Bb] mercy [F] more than life.
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] Make
[Eb] [Gm]
[Gb] [Fm]
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb]
[Cm] God thy [Bb] gold [Eb] refined, [Bb]
[G] till [Ab] of success be [Eb] nobleness
[Bb] [C] and
[Eb] [Bb] ever again divine.
[Eb] And you know [E] when I was in school we used to sing it [Bb] something like this, listen here.
[Eb] Oh beautiful
[E] for [Bb]
spacious skies, [E]
[Fm] [Bb] for amber waves of [Eb] grain,
[E] [Bb]
[Eb] for purple [E] mountain [Bb]
majesties.
Oh [A] for [Bb]
[F] the fruited plain.
[Bb] [Cm] Well now [Bb] wait a minute, I'm talking [Eb] about [Gm] America, [Gb]
[Fm] sweet [Bb] America.
[Ab] [Bb] You know God [Ab] done shed [Bb] his grace on [Eb] thee, he did.
[Ab]
Yes he [Eb] did.
Heavy brotherhood [Bb] from [C] sea [Eb] to [Bb]
shining [Eb] sea.
You know [E] I wish I had [Bb] somebody to help me sing this.
[Cm] [Eb]
[Gbm]
[Fm] America, America, America, [Bb]
[Cm] America, [Bb] America, America, [Ab] [Bb] America,
[Eb] America, America, America,
[G] [Ab]
[Eb]
America, America, America, [Bb] America, [C] America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, [Eb] America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Ab] Thank you, Lord!
[Eb]
Key:  
Bb
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Eb
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Ab
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E
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Cm
13421113
Bb
12341111
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
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To learn Ray Charles - America The Beautiful chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Em, Bb, Eb, Bb, Cm and Eb of chords. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 79 BPM before aiming for the song's 158 BPM. With the song's key of E Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ Oh beautiful _ _ _ [Em] _ for [Bb] _ _
_ heroes _ proved _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] in _ _ _ _ liberating _ strife, [Eb] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
who more than self _ [E] _ _
their [Bb] _ _ country _ loved
_ _ _ and [A] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ mercy [F] more than _ life.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Make _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] God thy [Bb] gold _ _ [Eb] refined, _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[G] till _ _ [Ab] _ of _ _ _ success _ _ _ be [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ nobleness _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] and _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] ever again divine.
_ [Eb] And you know [E] when I was in school we used to sing it [Bb] something like this, listen here.
_ _ [Eb] Oh _ _ _ beautiful _ _ _ _
[E] _ for [Bb] _ _ _ _
spacious _ skies, [E] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] for amber waves of _ [Eb] grain, _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ for purple _ _ _ [E] mountain _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
majesties.
Oh [A] _ for [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ the fruited plain. _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ Well now [Bb] wait a minute, _ _ _ I'm talking [Eb] about _ _ _ _ [Gm] America, _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ [Fm] sweet _ _ _ _ [Bb] America.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] You know _ God [Ab] done shed [Bb] his grace on [Eb] thee, _ _ _ _ _ _ he did. _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yes he [Eb] did.
_ Heavy _ brotherhood _ _ _ [Bb] from _ [C] _ sea [Eb] _ to [Bb] _
_ _ _ shining [Eb] sea.
You know [E] I wish I had [Bb] somebody to help me sing this.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _
[Fm] America, America, _ _ _ America, [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ America, [Bb] America, _ _ _ America, [Ab] _ _ [Bb] America, _
_ [Eb] _ America, America, America, _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
America, America, _ _ America, [Bb] _ America, _ [C] _ America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, [Eb] America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ Thank you, Lord!
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Facts about this song

This song, written by Ray Charles, is among the lineup of tracks on the A Message From The People album.

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