X: 1
T: God Bless America   [F]
C: Irving Berlin
N: Original version written in 1918 for the revue "Yip, Yip, Yaphank".  It was
N: recorded in 1938 by Kate Smith, with slightly different words. This version
N: was a huge hit.  Berlin then created  the  God  Bless  America  Fund,  with
N: royalties going to the Boy and Girl Scouts of America.
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: F
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"Verse:"\
[| "F"z2 AB "D7/F#"c2 d2 | "Gm"B2 B6 |
w: While the storm clouds gath-er
  "C7"z2 GA B2 c2 | "F"A8 |
w: far a-cross the sea,
  "Dm"z2 FG A2 B2 | "Gm"G2 G6 |
w: Let us swear al-le-giance
  "C7" z2 GF E2 G2 | "F"F8 ||
w: to a land that's free,
  "F"z2 AB "D7/F#"c2 d2 | "Gm"B2 B6 |
w: Let us all be grate-ful
  "E7"z2 =Bc d2 B2 | "Am"c8 |
w: for a land so fair,
  "F/A"z2 cc "Ddim"c2 c2 | "C/G"c2 G2-"Em"G4 |
w: As we raise our voi-ces
  "Dm7"z2 FE "G7"D2 E2 | "C7"G8- | G8 |]
"^Chorus:"|:
w: in a sol-emn prayer.
  "F"F8 | E4 "G#dim"D4 |
w: God Bless A-
  "C7/G"E3D "C7"C2- | C8 |
w: me-ri-ca,
  "C7"[G8E8] | [F4D4] [G4E4] |
w: Land that I
  "F"[A8-F8-] | "F7"[A4F4] [G2E2] [A2F2] ||
w: love. ~ Stand be-
  "Bb"[B4F4] [F4-D4-] | [F4D4] [B4F4] |
w: side her ~ and
  "F"[A4F4] [F4-C4-] | [F4C4] [F2C2] [G2C2] |
w: guide her ~ Thru the
  "G7"[A4F4] [G2C2] [F2C2] | "C7"[G4C4] [F2C2] [E2C2] |
w: night with a light from a-
  "F"[F8-C8-] | [F4C4] [E3C3] [FD] ||
w: bove. ~ From the
  "C7"[G4E4] [G4-C4-] | [G4C4] [A3F3] [BG] |
w: moun-tains ~ to the
  "F"[c4A4] [A4-C4-] | [A4C4] [G3E3] [AF] |
w: prai-ries, ~ To the
  "C7"[B4G4] [G4-E4-] | [G4E4] [A3F3] [BG] |
w: o-ceans ~ white with
  "F"[c4-F4-] [c4-G4-] | [c4-A4-] "F7"[c4A4] ||
w: foam,***
  "Bb"[d8B8] | "F/A"[c4A4] "C7/E"[B4G4] |
w: God Bless A-
  "F"[c2A2] [B2G2] "Dm"[c4-A4F4-] | [c4A4F4] "Gm7"[B4G4] |
w: me-ri-ca ~ My
  "F"[A8F8] | "C7"[G8E8] |
w: home sweet
  "F"[c4-F4] [c4-G4] | [c4-A4-] "F7"[c4A4] ||
w: home.***
  "Bb"[d8B8] | "F/A"[c4A4] "C7/E"[B4G4] |
w: God Bless A-
  "F"[A2F2] "A7/C#"[G2E2] "Dm"[F4-D4-] | [F4D4] "Gm7"[d4B4] | "F/C"[c8A8] |
w: me-ri-ca ~ My home
[1 "C7"[B8G8] | "F"[A4-F4-] "Dm"[A4-F4-] | "Gm7"[A4F4] "C7"z4 :|
w: sweet home.**
[2 "C7"[e8B8G8] | "F"[f8-A8-F8-] | [f6A6F6] z2 |]
w: sweet home.*
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