Amazing Grace by John Newton is one of the most popular hymns. This lesson covers the guitar chords, melody with guitar tabs, and a finger-style guitar arrangement of this song.

Grab your guitar and let’s get started!

How to read the guitar chord charts

To clarify how to read the chord charts, the top horizontal line represents the high E string and the bottom horizontal line represents the low E string. The vertical lines separate each fret. The numbers in the blue dots tell you which fingers to use on the fretting hand. 

For example, on the C Major chord, you use the:

• 1st finger on the 2nd string, 1st fret
• 2nd finger on the 4th string, 2nd fret
• 3rd finger on the 5th string, 3rd fret
• Circles represent open strings
• X means to avoid the string

You can check this link for more on how to read guitar notation symbols.

Amazing Grace guitar chords

In the key of C Major, the basic chords for Amazing Grace are C Major, F Major, A minor, D Major, and G Major. You can click on the chords with links to learn different ways of playing that chord.

Try the following chords one at a time until you feel comfortable switching between them. These chords will be written above the melody in the next section.

By the way, you can get all the PDFs of this song below.

Here are some related resources on chords:

• Master the basic chords on guitar
• 6 tips to get better at switching between chords on guitar
  

Amazing Grace guitar tabs

For the sheet music below, keep in mind that the melody and chords are meant to be played as separate parts. We’ll look at how to connect these parts later in the arrangement section of this lesson.

Amazing Grace lyrics with chords

Reference: Amazing Grace. HymnSite.com

Amazing Grace guitar chords variation

Here are some 7th chords you can use to enhance the chord progression to Amazing Grace. These chords will be shown in the following lead sheet with the melody.

You can check out this lesson to learn the essential 7th chords on guitar.

Amazing Grace tabs with chord variations

Here is the sheet music for this song including the chord variations we looked at in the previous section.

Amazing Grace guitar arrangement

In this section, we are essentially connecting the melody and chords together using a finger-style method of playing. If needed, check out this lesson to learn how to finger pick on guitar.

The numbers next to some notes on the top staff indicate which fingers to use on the fretting hand.

To learn more about this style of playing, check out this lesson on how to connect a melody and chords on guitar.

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Want to learn more songs? Check out the sheet music with guitar tabs resource on this site.

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