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Amazing Grace — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace is a spiritual in G major — beginner-friendly, running from D to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Spiritual
Key
G major · 3/4
Range
D to d · first position
Notes used
D E G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

Amazing Grace — sheet music

G major · 3/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

D | G B G | B A | G E D D | G B G | B A | d d B | d B | G D | E G E D D | G B G | B A | G G

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Amazing Grace — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Amazing Grace — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---|-------|-----|-----|
A|---|---2---|-2-0-|-----|
D|-0-|-5---5-|-----|-5-2-|
G|---|-------|-----|-----|
E|-----|-------|-----|---|
A|-----|---2---|-2-0-|-5-|
D|-0-0-|-5---5-|-----|---|
G|-----|-------|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|-------|
A|-5-2-|-5-2-|-----|-------|
D|-----|-----|-5-0-|-2-5-2-|
G|-----|-----|-----|-------|
E|-----|-------|-----|---|
A|-----|---2---|-2-0-|---|
D|-0-0-|-5---5-|-----|-5-|
G|-----|-------|-----|---|
E|---|
A|---|
D|-5-|
G|---|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Amazing Grace — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---|-------|-----|-----|
A|---|---2---|-2-0-|-----|
D|-0-|-5---5-|-----|-5-2-|
G|---|-------|-----|-----|
E|-----|-------|-----|---|
A|-----|---2---|-2-0-|-5-|
D|-0-0-|-5---5-|-----|---|
G|-----|-------|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|-------|
A|-5-2-|-5-2-|-----|-------|
D|-----|-----|-5-0-|-2-5-2-|
G|-----|-----|-----|-------|
E|-----|-------|-----|---|
A|-----|---2---|-2-0-|---|
D|-0-0-|-5---5-|-----|-5-|
G|-----|-------|-----|---|
E|---|
A|---|
D|-5-|
G|---|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Amazing Grace — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---|-------|-----|-----|
A|---|---1---|-1-0-|-----|
D|-0-|-3---3-|-----|-3-1-|
G|---|-------|-----|-----|
E|-----|-------|-----|---|
A|-----|---1---|-1-0-|-3-|
D|-0-0-|-3---3-|-----|---|
G|-----|-------|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|-------|
A|-3-1-|-3-1-|-----|-------|
D|-----|-----|-3-0-|-1-3-1-|
G|-----|-----|-----|-------|
E|-----|-------|-----|---|
A|-----|---1---|-1-0-|---|
D|-0-0-|-3---3-|-----|-3-|
G|-----|-------|-----|---|
E|---|
A|---|
D|-3-|
G|---|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Amazing Grace — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---|-------|-----|-----|
B|---|---0---|-0---|-----|
G|---|-0---0-|---2-|-0---|
D|-0-|-------|-----|---2-|
A|---|-------|-----|-----|
E|---|-------|-----|-----|
e|-----|-------|-----|---|
B|-----|---0---|-0---|-3-|
G|-----|-0---0-|---2-|---|
D|-0-0-|-------|-----|---|
A|-----|-------|-----|---|
E|-----|-------|-----|---|
e|-----|-----|-----|-------|
B|-3-0-|-3-0-|-----|-------|
G|-----|-----|-0---|---0---|
D|-----|-----|---0-|-2---2-|
A|-----|-----|-----|-------|
E|-----|-----|-----|-------|
e|-----|-------|-----|---|
B|-----|---0---|-0---|---|
G|-----|-0---0-|---2-|-0-|
D|-0-0-|-------|-----|---|
A|-----|-------|-----|---|
E|-----|-------|-----|---|
e|---|
B|---|
G|-0-|
D|---|
A|---|
E|---|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Amazing Grace — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---|---2---|-2-0-|-----|
E|---|-------|-----|---0-|
C|-2-|-------|-----|-----|
G|---|-0---0-|-----|-0---|
A|-----|---2---|-2-0-|-5-|
E|-----|-------|-----|---|
C|-2-2-|-------|-----|---|
G|-----|-0---0-|-----|---|
A|-5-2-|-5-2-|-----|-------|
E|-----|-----|-----|-0---0-|
C|-----|-----|---2-|-------|
G|-----|-----|-0---|---0---|
A|-----|---2---|-2-0-|---|
E|-----|-------|-----|---|
C|-2-2-|-------|-----|---|
G|-----|-0---0-|-----|-0-|
A|---|
E|---|
C|---|
G|-0-|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Amazing Grace chords

G major · 5 chords: G, D7, Em, C, G/D

pickup
G
G D7
Em C
G
G
G D7
G
G
G
G
C
G
Em G/D
D7
G
G

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before. A slash chord like G/D means play G with D as the lowest note.

Guitar chords for Amazing Grace

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

GD7××EmC×G/D××

Ukulele chords for Amazing Grace

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

GD7EmCG/D

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Amazing Grace

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

GD7EmCG/D

More spirituals and tunes like it

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This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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