America The Beautiful

Ray Charles

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O beautiful for spacious skies, for am - ber waves of grain, 
 
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For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! 
 
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America! A - merica!  God shed His grace on thee, 
 
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And crown thy good with broth  -  er - hood 
 
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From sea to shining sea! 
 
 
 
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O beautiful for pilgrim feet whose stern im - passion'd stress 
 
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A thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wil - der - ness. 
 
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America! A - merica!  God mend thine ev' - ry flaw, 
 
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Confirm thy soul in self  -  control, thy lib - er - ty in law. 
 
 
 
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O beautiful for patriot dream that sees be - yond the years 
 
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Thine al-a-bas-ter cities gleam un - dim'd by hu - man tears. 
 
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America! A - merica!  God shed His grace on thee, 
 
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And crown thy good with broth  -  er - hood 
 
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From sea to shining sea!