Amazing Grace guitar tab
The hymn tune in 3/4, with the melody on the top strings and a bass note under it. A first step into fingerstyle.
- Level
- Easy fingerstyle
- Key
- C major
- Time
- 3/4
- Tempo
- ♩ = 84
- Tuning
- Standard, EADGBE
Amazing Grace
Traditional · arranged by guitarnotation
How to play it
- Count three beats to the bar. The first bar is an introduction: a C in the bass, then the first note of the tune, G, on the open third string.
- Play the bass notes with your thumb and the melody with your fingers. Where a bar starts with two notes, pluck them together.
- The high G in bar 8 lasts all three beats. Keep it ringing over the open D in the bass at the start of bar 9.
About the song
John Newton's hymn was published in 1779. It is sung to an American tune known as New Britain, first printed with these words in 1835.
The melody is in the public domain. This arrangement is ours, and you're welcome to download, print and play it for your own practice.
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