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                America the Beautiful â?? Frank Sinatra
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Frank Sinatra 
America the Beautiful 
(Katharine Lee Bates/Samuel Ward)

The recording is in Bb. To play along: capo 1at fret.

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INTRO
  A                E          Bbdim Bm A/C# D   E7   A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-----------0---|0---------------|--------2---4---|0-----------0---|
B|2-----2-2---2---|0-----0-0---2---|3---5-----------|2-----------2---|
G|2-----2-2-------|1-----1-1-------|----------------|2---------------|
D|2---------------|2---------------|--------0---2---|2---------------|
A|0---------------|2-----------1---|2---4-----------|0---------------|
E|----------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
  A        Adim/Eb E           E  C#m6 E/B B7/9      E
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
B|2------2-2--1---|0-----0-0---0---|----0---2-------|0-----------0---|
G|2------2-2--2---|1-----1-1---1---|3---1---2-------|1-----------1---|
D|2-----------1---|----------------|2---2---1---1---|2-----------0---|
A|0---------------|----------------|4---2---2-------|2-----------2---|
E|----------------|0---------------|----------------|0-----------0---|

  A              Esus4  E           E      E7/9      A           A7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|--------2---0---|----------------|
B|2-----2-0-------|----------------|0-------3-------|2-----------2---|
G|2-----------2---|2-----1-1---2---|1---1---1-------|2-----------0---|
D|2---------------|2-----2-2---2---|2-------2-------|2-----------2---|
A|0---------------|2---------------|2---------------|0-----------0---|
E|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|

  D         D#dim A/E          A   Bm7      E   E7   A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|5-----2-2---5---|5-----0-0---0---|2-------0---0---|----------------|
B|3-----3-3---4---|2-------2---2---|3-------0---3---|2---------------|
G|2-----------5---|2-----------2---|----2---1-------|2---------------|
D|0-----------4---|2-----------2---|----------------|2---------------|
A|----------------|------------0---|2---------------|0---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|

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CHORDS

          E-A-D-G-B-e
Bbdim     x-1-2-0-2-x
A/C#      x-4-2-2-2-x
Adim/Eb   x-x-1-2-1-x
C#m6      x-4-2-3-x-x
E/B       x-2-2-1-0-x
B7/9      x-2-1-2-2-x
Esus4     0-2-2-2-x-x
D#dim     x-x-1-2-1-2
A/E       x-x-2-2-2-0

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  A             E
O beautiful for spacious skies, 
Bbdim Bm A/C# D     E7 A
for   am-ber  waves of grain 
    A          Adim/Eb E
For purple mountain    majesties, 
E C#m6 E/B B7/9    E
a-bove the fruited plain! 
E7 A        Esus4 E   
A--merica! Ame--rica! 
    E         E7      A
God shed his grace on thee 
A7  D              D#dim A/E
And crown thy good with brotherhood, 
     Bm7    E  E7   A
From sea to shining sea! 

  A             E
O beautiful for patriot dream, 
Bbdim Bm   A/C# D    E7 A
that  sees be---yond the years 
      A     Adim/Eb E
Thine alabaster     cities gleam, 
E C#m6   E/B B7/9  E
undimmed by  human tears! 
E7 A        Esus4 E   
A--merica! Ame--rica! 
    E         E7      A
God shed his grace on thee 
A7  D              D#dim A/E
And crown thy good with brotherhood, 
     Bm7    E  E7   A
From sea to shining sea! 
A7  D              D#dim A/E
And crown thy good with brotherhood, 
     Bm7    E  E7   A
From sea to shining sea!