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Amazing Grace!

© Peter R Green, 2002

Tell you ’bout the sweetest sound,
Amazing grace!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Amazing grace!
Vilest wretch I knew was me,
Amazing grace!
Once was blind, but now I see,
Amazing grace!

Oh, love was poured out –
Freely for me!
When my dear Saviour
Died on that tree.

Taught my sinful heart to fear
Amazing grace!
How precious did that grace appear!
Amazing grace!
All my fears it then relieved,
Amazing grace!
The moment that I first believed,
Amazing grace!

Oh, love was poured out –
Freely for me!
When my dear Saviour
Died on that tree.

Through all dangers, toils and snares,
Amazing grace —
Brought me safe along this far,
Amazing grace!
Joyful all the way I’ve come,
Amazing grace!
Grace will surely bring me home,
Amazing grace!

Oh, love was poured out –
Freely for me!
When my dear Saviour
Died on that tree.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Amazing grace!
There’s no less days to sing God’s praise
Amazing grace!
We’ll be shining like the sun,
Amazing grace!
Fresh as though we’d just begun,
Amazing grace!

Oh, love was poured out –
Freely for me!
When my dear Saviour
Died on that tree.

Based on John Newton,
Tune: Lil Liza Jane

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