Capo 2
Introduction
G (2 measures)
Verse 1
GCG
On yonder hill the darkness flew
GD
When morning broke in light and dew
EmCG
When day had come again anew
GDG
All we sinners sang
Verse 2
GCG
In muck and mire our wretched souls
GD
Had fallen to the depths below
EmCG
Hell deserved but there was hope
GDG
And all we sinners sang
Chorus
CEm
Saved we are saved
GDsusD
The gates of heaven wide open
CEm
Saved we are saved
GDsusD
The keys to the grave have been stolen
Verse 3
GCG
What could ever pay the cost
GD
On calvary's hill there rose a cross
EmCG
And could it be that evil lost
GDG
And all we sinners sang
GDG
Yeah all we sinners sang
Chorus
CEm
Saved we are saved
GDsusD
The gates of heaven wide open
CEm
Saved we are saved
GDsusD
The keys to the grave have been stolen
DsusD
Stolen
Interlude (1 measure on each chord)
Em C G D (x2)
Verse 4
GCG
The crimson river like a flood
GD
Came washing over all of us
EmCG
It swallowed sin and death right up
GDG
And all we sinners sang
GDG
Yeah all we sinners sang
Chorus
CEm
Saved we are saved
GDsusD
The gates of heaven wide open
CEm
Saved we are saved
G Dsus D (hold D)
The keys to the grave have been stolen
(repeat)
Verse 1
GCG
On yonder hill where darkness flew
GD
When morning breaks in light and dew
EmCG
Day has come again anew
GDG
All we sinners sang
GDG
Yeah, all we sinners sing
GDG
Yeah, all we sinners sing