Misc Traditional – And Can It Be (Guitar)

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And can it be that I should gain

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An interest in the Savior’s blood?

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Died He for me,      who caused His pain -

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For me, who Him to death pursued?

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A - mazing love! How can it be,

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That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

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Amazing love! How can it be,

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That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

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’Tis mystery all: th’Immortal dies:

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Who can explore His strange design?

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In vain the first    born seraph tries

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To sound the depths of love divine.

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’Tis mercy all! Let earth adore,

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Let angel minds inquire no more.

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Amazing love! How can it be,

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That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

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He left His Father’s throne a - bove

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So free, so infinite His grace -

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Emptied Himself     of all but love,

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And bled for Adam’s helpless race:

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’Tis mercy all, immense and free,

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For O my God, it found out me!

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Amazing love! How can it be,

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That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

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Long my imprisoned spirit lay,

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Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;

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Thine eye diffused    a quickening ray -

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I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;

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My chains fell off, my heart was free,

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I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.

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Amazing love! How can it be,

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That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

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Still the small inward voice I hear,

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That whispers all my sins forgiv'n;

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Still the aton -     ing blood is near,

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That quenched the wrath of hos - tile Heav'n.

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I feel the life His wounds impart;

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I feel the Savior in my heart.

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Amazing love! How can it be,

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That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

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No condemnation now I dread;

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Jesus, and all in Him, is mine;

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Alive in Him,     my living Head,

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And clothed in righteousness divine,

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Bold I approach th’eternal throne,

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And claim the crown, through Christ my own.

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Amazing love! How can it be,

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That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?