America The Beautiful

C  F  G

[Verse 1]
  C            F               C
Oh Lord, please may I talk with Thee?
                    G           G7
People crying in the land of the free
           C              F                    C
Something's wrong, this is not what they taught me
                Am            D7      G       C
It's America the beautiful, my country 'tis of Thee

[Chorus]
            F           Am
It says here in the Constitution
      C               C7
Of the rights of every man
      G                  G7            C            C7
And it don't take law and order just to make me understand
      F               Am         C        A7
If the minds of men refuse to see our equality
       D7                             G
Then it takes some demonstrating and a lot of faith in Thee

[Verse 2]
       C          F     C
In this world of materiality
                     G             G7
The dollar bill is as far as people see
     C        F          C
If we lose the war on poverty
                  Am               D7      G        C
Then America's not beautiful, is my country still of Thee?

[Chorus]
            F           Am           C                C7
We all don't want a revolution but to make all mankind see
         G             G7              C              C7
There's a better way of being here with peace and harmony
    F                 Am             C            A7
So I ask you, Lord, to send some help to our country
     D7                             G
So it once more can be beautiful and ring out praise to Thee

[Verse 3]
  C        F              C
Oh Lord, oh may we live to see
                     G                G7
All the dreams of the men who died for me
           C                    F             C
And all the young that have been waiting patiently
               Am            D7      G       C
For America the beautiful, my country 'tis of thee

[Instrumental]
C  G  F  G  F  C  G  C

[Chorus]
      F             Am               C             C7
A holy man once told that you reap exactly what you sow
    G                     G7                 C              C7
So I think I'll plant some love and peace and wait for it to grow
      F              Am                 C             A7
In the meantime I can help someone who's fallen to his knees
      D7                               G
Got to make all men your brother if you want the whole world free

[Verse 4]
  C         F                   C
Oh Lord, forgive those who don't see
                     G                   G7
They don't know how a world's supposed to be
         C          F            C
Peace and love and a life of liberty
              Am            D7      G         F  C
In America the beautiful, my country 'tis of thee