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T: Amazing Grace
C: Words: John Newton 1772
C: Tune: composer unknown
B: These lyrics were first published to this tune in the hymnal "Southern Harmony", 1835
N: Refers to "Baptist Harmony, p. 123"
N: The tune was first published as "New Britain" in 1828, in a shaped-note hymnal "Columbian Harmony"
N: The tune is believed to be of Scottish or Irish origin, but no good evidence is known.
F: http://www.markrhoads.com/amazingsite/TunePages/NewBritain.htm
Z: 2009 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/song/New_Britain.abc	 2024-04-24 042413 UT
K: C
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V: 1
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w: 1.~A-maz-ing grace! (how sweet the sound) That saved a* wretch like* me!
d2 | c4 c2 | e4 g2 | e4 ed | c4 c2 | G4 c2 | e4 d2 | e4 |]
w: 1.~I once was lost, but now am* found, Was blind, but now I see.
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V: 2
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w: 2.~'Twas grace that* taught my heart to fear, And grace my* fears re-*lieved.
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w: 2.~How* pre-cious* did that* grace ap-*pear, The hour I* first be-lieved!
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V: 3 clef=bass middle=d
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w: 3.~Through ma-ny dan-gers, toils, and snares, I have al-*read-y come.
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w: 3.~'Tis grace has brought me safe thus* far, And grace will* lead me home.
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W:4.The Lord has promised good to me, His word my hope secures;
W:  He will my shield and pardon be, As long as life endures.
W:5.Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease,
W:  I shall possess, within the veil, A life of joy and peace.
W:6.The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine;
W:  But God, who call'd me here below, Will be for ever mine.