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Amazing Grace: guitar chords and tab for beginners
United States, 1835
Amazing Grace
by Traditional (New Britain)
- Tempo
- 84beats per minute
- Count
- 3beats in each bar
- Key
- C majorthe home note
- Level
- 1 of 3easiest
Level 1. Strum one chord per beat. Start here.
Chord names above, strum arrows below. Down arrow = strum down toward the floor, up arrow = back up.
Hold this chord
Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Space bar plays and pauses. Left and right arrows jump a bar.
The chords
The chords in Amazing Grace
3 chords, all open shapes: C, F, G7. 3 beats in each bar, 84 beats per minute, in C major.
About the song
John Newton wrote the words in 1772; the tune, called New Britain, joined them in 1835. It is one of the most sung songs in the world. Three chords carry it, and the melody uses only five notes, which is why it works so well as a first fingerstyle piece.
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