Saving Grace

Written by: Bob Dylan
From: “Saved” (1980)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

CHORDS
       E-A-D-G-B-e
F/C     x-3-x-2-1-1
C/B     x-2-x-0-1-0
C/A     x-0-2-0-1-0
C/G     3-x-2-0-1-0
Ab6     4-6-x-5-6-4
C/E     0-x-2-0-1-0

Verse 1

       C               F                  C        F/C C
If you find it in Your heart, can I be forgiven?
        C     C/B    C/A      C/G F   Bb F
Guess I owe You some kind of apology
     Ab6                                          C
I’ve escaped death so many times, I know I’m only living
       C C/E  F    G6           G7   C    F/C C
By the sa-a-a-ving grace that’s over me

Verse 2

C          C7 F                  G          C         F/C C
By this time  I’d-a thought that I would be sleeping
C            C/B C/A       C/G     F   Bb F
 In a pine box    for all eternity
   Ab6                                  C
My faith keeps me alive, but I still be weeping
        C C/E  F    G6           G7   C    F/C C
For the sa-a-a-ving grace that’s over me

Verse 3

          C           C/E F              G    C        F/C C
Well, the death of life,   then come the resurrection
    C   C/B   C/A        C/G          F   Bb F
Wherever I am welcome is where I will be
Ab6                                        C        F/C C
I put all my confidence in Him, my sole protection
       C C/E  F    G6           G7   C    F/C C
Is the sa-a-a-ving grace that’s over me

Solo

| C C/E | F G | C F/C | C |
| C C/B | C/A C/G | F Bb | F |
| Ab6 | % | C | % |
| C C/E | G6 G7 | C F/C | % |

Verse 4

          C          C/E       F        G       C        F/C C
Well, the devil’s shining light, it can be most blinding
       C          C/B        C/A      C/G          F   Bb F
But to search for love, that ain’t no more than vanity
     Ab6                                 C        F/C C
As I look around this world all that I’m finding
       C C/E  F    G6           G7   C    F/C C
Is the sa-a-a-ving grace that’s over me

Solo

| C C/E | F G | C F/C | C |
| C C/B | C/A C/G | F Bb | F |
| Ab6 | % | C | % |
| C C/E | G6 G7 | C F/C | % |

Verse 5

    C      C/E     F             G          C        F/C C
The wicked know no peace and you just can’t fake it
        C        C/B         C/A      C/G     F   Bb F
There’s only one road and it leads to Calvary
        Ab6                                    C
It gets discouraging at times, but I know I’ll make it
       C C/E  F    G6           G7   C    F/C C
By the sa-a-a-ving grace that’s over me

Coda

| C C/E | F G | C F/C | C |
| C C/B | C/A C/G | F Bb | F |
| Ab6 | % | C | % |
| C C/E |  G6  G7  |  C
        (ritardando)