Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed

lyrics by Isaac Watts, music by Bob Kauflin

© 1997 PDI Music

 

G               G/B     C        Dsus-D

Alas! and did my Savior bleed

Em         D                    C

And did my Sov'reign die?

G/B            C                Dsus-D Em

Would He devote that sacred head

Am7                         Dsus-D

For such a worm as I?

G               G/B      C        Dsus-D

Was it for sins that I had done

Em                D           C

He groaned upon the tree?

G/B          C     Dsus-D Em

Amazing pity, grace unknown

Am7       Dsus-D  Gsus-G

And love beyond degree

 

        Bm                                   Em

My God, why would you shed Your blood

             Am7               Dsus-D

So pure and undefiled

        Bm                       C          G/B

To make a sinful one like me

                 Am7     Dsus-D   C      G/B  Am7 Dsus-D

Your chosen, precious child?

 

Well might the sun in darkness hide

And shut His glories in

When Christ, the mighty Maker, died

For man the creature's sin

Thus might I hide my blushing face

While His dear cross appears

Dissolve my heart in thankfulness

And melt my eyes to tears