Amazing Grace

X: 1
T: Amazing Grace
C: Words: John Newton (1725-1807)
N: Early 18th-C. American
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: G
D2 \
| "G"G4 BG | B4 "G7"A2 | "C"G2 E2 | "G"D4 "D7"D2 \
| "G"G4 BG | B2 A2 | "D7"d6- | d2 z2 ||
B2 \
| "G"d3 B dB | G4 D2 | "C"E3G GE | "G"D4 D2 \
| "Em"G4 BG | "D7"B2 A2 | "G(C)"G6- | "G"G2 z2 |]
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W: 1. Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me.
W:     I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now I see.
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W: 2. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved,
W:     How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believed.
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W: 3. Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come.
W:     'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.
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W: 4. When we've been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun,
W:     We've no less days to sing God's praise Than when we'd first begun.
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W: 5. Yea, when this heart and flesh shall fail, And mortal life shall cease,
W:     I shall possess within the vail, A life of joy and peace.
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W: 6. The world shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun refuse to shine;
W:     But God, who called me here below, Shall be forever mine.

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/hymn/Amazing_Grace_G/0000