Amazing Grace: My Chains Are Gone

V1 Amazing grace how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now I'm found, was blind, but now I see V2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, & grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear, the hour I first believed CH My chains are gone, I've been set free My God, my Savior has ransomed me And like a flood His mercy reigns Unending love, Amazing grace V3 The Lord has promised good to me, His Word my hope secures He will my shield and portion be, as long as life endures V4 The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, the sun forbear to shine But God, Who called me here below, will be forever mine Will be forever mine, You are forever mine
Louie Giglio, Chris Tomlin, John Newton, Edwin O. Excell, John P. Rees New chorus by Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio © 2006 worshiptogether.com songs (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) Six Steps Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) This version restores two of John Newton’s original six verses that are not normally sung in the U.S., removes the traditional final verse (taken from another hymn some 100 years after the original), and ties it all together with a lyrical new chorus written by Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio