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title: And Can It Be (Lansdown)
key: D
time: 3/4
tempo: 92
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[Lines 1-2]
L1: And can it be that I should gain an in - ter - est in the Sa - viour's blood?
L2: 'Tis mys - ter - y all! The Im - mor - tal dies: who can ex - plore His strange de - sign?
L3: He left His Fa - ther's throne a - bove, so free, so in - fi - nite His grace;
L4: Long my im - pris - oned spir - it lay fast bound in sin and na - ture's night;
L5: No con - dem - na - tion now I dread; Je - sus, and all in Him, is mine!
S: m :l :se | l :- :m | f :- :m | r :m :r | d :m :se | l :- :t | l :- :se | l :- :- | l :l :l | l :- :s | f :- :f | m :- :-
A: d :m :m | m :- :l, | l, :t, :d | t, :- :t, | _d :l,_ :m | m :r :f | m :- :m | m :- :- | f :f :f | _f :r_ :m | _f :m_ :r | r :d :-
T: l :l :t | d' :- :l | f :- :l | l :se :m | _m :l_ :t | l :- :l | d' :- :r' | d' :- :- | d' :d' :d' | d' :t :ta | l :- :l | l :- :-
B: l, :d :m | l :- :d | r :- :m | f :m :se, | _l, :d_ :m | f :- :r | m :- :m | l, :- :- | f :f, :l, | d :- :d | r :m :f | l :- :s

[Lines 3-4]
L1: Died He for me, who caused His pain? For me, who Him to death pur - sued?
L2: In vain the first - born se - raph tries to sound the depths of love di - vine.
L3: Emp - tied Him - self of all but love, and bled for A - dam's help - less race.
L4: Thine eye dif - fused a quick - en - ing ray; I woke, the dun - geon flamed with light;
L5: A - live in Him, my liv - ing Head, and clothed in right - eous - ness di - vine,
S: r :m :f | s :- :d | r' :- :se | m :- :- | m :l :se | l :- :l | s :d' :t | d' :- :- | d' :m :f | s :- :d | r :m :r | d :- :-
A: d :d :d | d :- :d | l, :t, :d | d :t, :- | d :m :m | m :- :f | m :s :s | s :- :- | d :d :d | d :- :d | d :- :t, | d :- :-
T: l :l :l | s :m :s | l :- :l | l :se :- | l :l :t | d' :- :d' | d' :m' :r' | m' :- :- | d' :t :l | s :m :m | f :s :f | m :- :-
B: f :m :r | m :d :m | f :- :f | m :- :- | l, :d :m | l :- :f | s :- :s | d :- :- | l :s :f | m :d :l, | s, :- :s, | d :- :-