America The Beautiful Chords
America The Beautiful by Frank Sinatra is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, A, E, Bbdim, Bm, A/C#, D, E7, Adim/Eb, C#m6, E/B, B7/9, Esus4, E7/9, A7, D#dim, A/E and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Frank Sinatra
America the Beautiful
(Katharine Lee Bates/Samuel Ward)
To play along with the Sinatra recording which is in Bb, use a capo
(1st 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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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!