Tune of America The Beautiful (F/C)
Intro: F, C, Bb, C7, F
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
How sad it is, America,
That you have now become
A country full of armaments
Where people love their guns.
Our hearts are sore for lives cut short
Of all those young and old
Who died because our weapon curse
Is spreading uncontrolled.
Yet beautiful for those who know
That violence does not pay
Who watch and wait, negotiate,
And find a peaceful way.
America, America
Let's mend this deadly flaw
Make self control, thy firmest goal
Nonviolence thy law!