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Elias – Amazing Grace Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsAm C D F E

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These are the chords for Amazing Grace by Elias on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
Am C D F
Am E Am Am

[Chorus]
Am        C        D         F
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
   Am         C        E
That saved a wretch like me
   Am        C    D          F
I once was lost but now am found
    Am    E          Am    Am
Was blind, but now I see

[Instrumental]
Am C D F
Am E Am Am

[Verse]
Am              C      D  
When we've been there ten 
           F
thousand years
     Am         C        E
Bright shining like the sun
    Am            C    D  
And we've no less days to 
          F
sing God's praise
     Am    E           Am    Am
Than when we've first begun

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[Chorus]
Am        C        D         F
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
Am            C           E
That saved a wretch like me
   Am        C    D          F
I once was lost but now am found
    Am    E          Am    Am
Was blind, but now I see

[Outro]
Am C D F
Am E Am Am

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How to play Amazing Grace: key, chords and progression

Amazing Grace by Elias is in the key of A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 5 chords: Am, C, D, F and E.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Am – C – D – F (i – III – IV – VI in A minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.