Amazing Grace chords *
John Newton 1779

[Verse 1]

             
Amazing Grace,

             
 how sweet the

 
 sound,
              
That saved a w

           
retch like me.
             
I once was los

            
t but now am f

ound,
              
Was blind, but

     
 now I see.

[Verse 2]

             
T'was Grace th

             
at taught my h

        
eart to fear.
              
And Grace, my 

        
fears relieved

.
             
How precious d

             
id that Grace 

  
appear
            
The hour I fir

     
st believed.

[Verse 3]

             
Through many d

             
angers, toils 

    
and snares
              
I have already

 
 come;
             
'Tis Grace tha

             
t brought me s

         
afe thus far
              
and Grace will

       
 lead me home.

[Verse 4]

             
The Lord has p

             
romised good t

  
o me.
              
His word my ho

     
pe secures.
             
He will my shi

             
eld and portio

  
n be,
            
As long as lif

    
e endures.

[Verse 5]

             
Yea, when this

             
 flesh and hea

         
rt shall fail,
              
And mortal lif

        
e shall cease,
             
I shall posses

            
s within the v

eil,
            
A life of joy 

    
and peace.

[Verse 6]

             
When we've bee

             
n here ten tho

      
usand years
              
Bright shining

        
 as the sun.
             
We've no less 

             
days to sing G

     
od's praise
              
Than when we'v

        
e first begun.


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