ALAS! AND DID MY SAVIOR BLEED
   Words: Isaac Watts, 1707; 
   Tune: Martyrdom, Hugh Wilson, c. 1800
   Season: Lent, Holy Week, Good Friday

   G          C/G G    (G/B C  G/D)  D7   G
1  Alas!      And did   my--y  Sav - ior  bleed,
2  Was   it   for sins  tha-at I     have done
3  Well might the sun   i---in dark -ness hide
4  Thus might I   hide  my--y  blush-ing  face
5  But drops  of  grief ca--an ne'er re - pay


  (G)       (G--D/A  G/B   G)     D
1  And did   my-y    Sov - ereign die?
2  He    suf-fe-ered on    the    tree?
3  And shut  hi-is   glo - ries    in,
4  While His de-ear  cross ap   -  pears,
5  the debt  o--of   love  I       owe:


   D/F#  G      D7 Em     G7/D C     G    D
1  Would he     de -vote  that sa  - cred head
2  A  -  maz  - ing pit - y!   Grace un - known!
3  When  Christ the great Re - deem -er,  died
4  Dis - solve  my  heart in   thank-ful -ness,
5  Here, Lord,  I   give  my   self  a  - way

   G   G--C   G(--C)  G/D  D7     G
1  For si-in -ne--ers such as     I?
2  And lo-ove be--e - yond de  -  gree!
3  For ma-an  the-e   crea-ture's sin
4  And me-elt mi--ine eyes to     tears.
5 'Tis a--all tha-at  I    can    do.


Unusual Chords:
   G    320003
   C/G  332010
   G/B  X20003
   G/D  XX0003
   D/A  X00232
   D/F# 200232
   G7/D XX0013


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