Misc Praise Songs – And Can It Be (Guitar)

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Words by Charles Wesley Music by Thomas Campbell (SAGINA) [Verse 1]
G          Em      C  D      G
And can it be that I  should gain

   C    D      G      D     A     D
An in - t’rest in the Sav - ior’s blood?

            G    D      G      Em   D
Died He for me,     who caused His  pain?

    C       G      Em    D     G
For me, who Him to death pur - sued?

    D         G     Em   C   Am  D
A - maz - ing love! How  can it  be

     G        C           D       G
That Thou, my God, should die for me?
[Chorus]
        D         D7     G
Amazing love! How can it be,

     C        G    C      G   D   G
That Thou, my God, should die for me!
[Verse 2]
G           Em       C      D   G
He left His Father’s throne a - bove,

   C     D  G      D    A   D
So free, so infi - nite His grace;

              G    D     G   Em   D
Emptied Him – self    of all but  love,

    C        G      Em     D    G
And bled for Adam’s help - less race.

     D        G    Em   C     Am  D
’Tis mer - cy all, im - mense and free;

  G         C       D       G
O praise my God, it reaches me.
[Chorus]
        D         D7     G
Amazing love! How can it be,

     C        G    C      G   D   G
That Thou, my God, should die for me!
[Verse 3]
G            Em       C      D  G
Long my im - prisoned spir - it lay

     C     D   G       D    A      D
Fast bound in  sin and na - ture’s night;

                G    D    G        Em   D
Thine eye dif – fused   a quick – ‘ning ray,

  C         G          Em     D    G
I woke, the dun - geon flamed with light.

   D           G    Em  C     Am  D
My chains fell off, my  heart was free;

  G          C         D        G
I rose, went forth and followed Thee.
[Chorus]
        D         D7     G
Amazing love! How can it be,

     C        G    C      G   D   G
That Thou, my God, should die for me!
[Verse 4]
G           Em     C   D  G
No condem - nation now I  dread;

     C    D   G      D   A  D
Je - sus, and all in Him is mine!

            G    D     G     Em   D
A – live in Him,    my liv - ing  Head,

    C          G           Em   D    G
And clothed in righteous – ness di - vine;

     D      G      Em     C     Am  D
Bold I ap - proach th’e – ter - nal throne

    G         C              D          G
And claim the crown, through Christ, my own.
[Chorus]
        D         D7     G
Amazing love! How can it be,

     C        G    C      G   D   G
That Thou, my God, should die for me!