
"Amazing Grace" was written by the English poet John Newton (1725-1807) and published in 1779. The song has a message of forgiveness and redemption of the sins people commit. "Amazing Grace" is one of the most recognizable songs in the English-speaking world. This is a basic and easy-to-play arrangement of the eternal classic. It is played in the DADGAD and is a good introduction to this evocative tuning.