Amazing Grace
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[G]Amazing [G7]grace, how [C]sweet the [G]sound
That [G]saved a [Em]wretch like [D]me
I [G]once was [G7]lost, but [C]now am [G]found
Was [G]blind, but [D7]now I [G]see
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[G]'Twas grace that [G7]taught my [C]heart to [G]fear
And [G]grace my [Em]fears re[D]lieved
How [G]precious [G7]did that [C]grace ap[G]pear
The [G]hour I [D7]first be[G]lieved
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[G]Through many [G7]dangers, [C]toils and [G]snares
I [G]have al[Em]ready [D]come
'Tis [G]grace hath [G7]brought me [C]safe thus [G]far
And [G]grace will [D7]lead me [G]home
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[G]When we've been [G7]there ten [C]thousand [G]years
Bright [G]shining [Em]as the [D]sun
We've [G]no less [G7]days to [C]sing God's [G]praise
Than [G]when we'd [D7]first be[G]gun
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home
When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we'd first begun
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home
When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we'd first begun
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About This Hymn
Amazing Grace is one of the most beloved hymns in the English-speaking world. Written by John Newton in 1779, the song reflects Newton’s personal journey from a slave trader to an Anglican clergyman and abolitionist.
Newton wrote the hymn to accompany a sermon on New Year’s Day 1773. The words speak of redemption and forgiveness, themes that resonated deeply with Newton’s own experience of conversion.
The melody most commonly associated with “Amazing Grace” today is called “New Britain” and was first joined with Newton’s text in 1835 in William Walker’s shape-note tunebook, Southern Harmony.
