Tom: Cm
NOTES
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*This is how I play the Ray Charles Version on piano. Some of
the chords may be more appropriately named in a different manner
but I use the naming conventions that make the most sense to me!
*The slash chords with out a chord in front of the
/ indicate a walking bass line using the same chord you
were already playing.
*Play this seemingly ridculously slow in 12/8 time
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[Verse 1]
Eb Edim7 Bb7/F Bb7
O beautiful for heroes proved,
Edim7 Fm7 /Ab/A Bb7 Eb Edim7 Bb/F Bb7
in liberating strife.
Eb Edim7 Bb7/F Bb7
Who more than self their country loved,
Bb A Bb C7 F7 Bb7 Ab/C Bb7/D Bb7 /C
and mercy more than life!
Eb Gm7 F#dim7 Fm7 Bb7
America! America!
Ab/C /C# Bb/D Bb Ab/C Bb7/D Eb Eb7 /G
May God thy gold refine
Ab /Bb /C /C# /D Eb
Till all success be nobleness,
Fm7 Bb7 /D Eb Edim7 Bb7/F Bb7
and every gain divine!
[Verse 2]
Eb Edim7 Bb7/F Bb7
O beautiful for spacious skies,
Edim7 Fm7 /Ab/A Bb7 Eb Edim7 Bb/F Bb7
for amber waves of grain
Eb Edim7 Bb7/F Bb7
For purple mountain majesties,
Bb A Bb C7 F7 Bb7 Ab/C Bb7/D Bb7 /C
above the fruited plain!
Eb Gm7 F#dim7 Fm7 Bb7
America! America!
Ab/C /C# Bb/D Bb Ab/C Bb7/D Eb Eb7 /G
God shed his grace on thee
Ab /Bb /C /C# /D Eb
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
