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Amazing Grace

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There are tons of beginner versions floating around out there, but this version incorporates substitute chords, passing chords, and arpeggios to add a unique sound to a classic tune. And it's free.

Chords Key of G

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  1. Tom Vasquez ·

    My fingers know it but my brain doesn't yet — I can't play it without the tab in front of me. How do you all commit these to memory?

  2. Junior Pace ·

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  3. Gene Sowell ·

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  4. Gary Feldman ·

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  5. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    Answered over in the tab thread too, but short version: play what's comfortable, the tab is a map not a law.

  6. Rita Alvarez ·

    Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.

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