America: Free Lead Sheets
& Easy Guitar Tabs
Free Lead Sheets for America (My Country 'Tis of Thee), in keys for all instruments - and now:
- with 3 keys for bass instruments and
- 2 for viola
- free easy guitar tabs as well, in 2 keys!
- In addition, I have included a downloadable pdf of the "My Country 'Tis of Thee" lyrics, at the bottom of the page.
- (For an arranged piano version, see this page.)
This free sheet music arrangement only uses the three main chords, but a couple of secondary minor chords sound well in this song too.
Please scroll down the page for the free printable PDFs links.
Here is a closeup look at the lead sheet in A:
Nice photos & videos, and children's voices singing "My Country 'Tis of Thee":
You will notice that in the last line suddenly the chords begin changing very quickly.
Try them out and see how you like them - it will sound almost the same if you DON'T change chords so often, because these chords are really just the result of "passing tones" in the melody.
Also, the key of Bb has two versions -- one low, and one high.
Below is a graphic for bass clef instruments, and America in 3 keys:
Please scroll down the page for the free printable PDFs links.
And lead sheets for viola clef:
Please scroll down the page for the free printable PDFs links.
For guitar, I have written up this free sheet music with easy guitar tabs in two keys - the keys of C and of F.
The key of F may seem like an unlikely one for beginner guitar, but actually the melody is very easy to flat-pick in the key of F, and gives some good practice both in reading down on the D string, and in playing the F chord family.
It's too easy for beginners to stay afraid of the F and Bb chord, too!
Please scroll down the page for the free printable PDFs links.
Another good reason to attempt these free lead sheets in F is that the melodic range of notes in America makes F a very easy key for most people, or at least for kids, to sing in.
Try it with your student -- one of you playing chords while the other flatpicks (or plays classical style), then switch parts.
(Your students who play for church services will eventually be forced to become very familiar with the F chord family - or else the capo!)
For group or classroom use, you may find this printable PDF of the free lead sheets lyrics handy to pass out:
Again, for an arranged piano version, see this page.
Last of all, here's an easy-listening, "country boy"-sounding version of "America":
The lead sheet links:
Download "My Country 'Tis of Thee" (America) lead in A
Download America lead sheet in Bb low
Download America lead in Bb high
Download America lead sheet in C
Download America lead sheet in F
The links for the bass clef lead sheets:
America for bass clef instruments in the key of C
My Country 'Tis of Thee for bass clef in the key of D
America for bass clef instruments lead in the key of F
The links for the viola lead sheets:
Download lead printable music for viola in the key of Bb
Download printable music for viola in the key of Eb
The guitar tabs links:
Download America with free easy guitar tabs in the Key of C
Download America with free easy guitar tabs in the Key of F
And the link for the sheet with just lyrics:
Download America free lead sheets LYRICS
Dianna:
Your website is a light in the darkness. THANK YOU for all you do in helping to spread the love of music. It matters!
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