Amazing Grace

After playing together with Music 181, Martha and I decided to meet weekly to continue playing. This is one of the first songs we played together, a new tune of "Amazing Grace," written by Martha several years earlier. We recorded both a multi-track and a live version on Martha's laptop.

Words by John Newton, 1779 and John Rees (verse 4), 1790. Music by Martha.

Multi-track


Live


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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 that 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 first begun.

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.