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Introduction
Do you want to enjoy the elegant hymn Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing? In this article, you’ll get these three essentials: 1) a sing along video of the hymn, 2) the complete hymn lyrics, and 3) free easy-to-read lead sheet style sheet music using shape notes, including a sing along soundtrack. Keep reading to learn more.
This post uses musical terms. For definitions, see the Glossary at the end of the article.
Do You Need the Hymn Lyrics for “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing?”
The lyrics to Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing come from an 1883 SATB hymnal arrangement:
Verse 1:
Come, Thou fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount – I’m fixed upon it –
Mount of Thy redeeming love!
Verse 2:
Here I‘ll raise mine Ebenezer;
Hither by Thy help I’m come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
Verse 3:
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee:
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it;
Seal it for Thy courts above.
Video: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
The Free Easy-to-Read Shape Note Sheet Music Version of “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Don’t know how to read shape notes? These posts will explain how it works:
- Shape Note Sight Singing Success
- Singing Rhythm Syllables in 3-4 Time
- Singing Sixteenth Note Rhythmic Syllables
The chord symbols above the solfege syllables transforms the shape note score into a lead sheet.
Mobile users: for best results reading the music, rotate your screen 90o to the right.
Lead Sheet Soundtrack:
The soundtrack uses synthetic voices rather than actual voices. Research has shown that this will help with the ability to identify and produce absolute pitch information. For more information:
Final Thoughts on “Enjoy the Elegant Hymn Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
This post has three ways to interact with the song:
- You can learn the full lyrics to the hymn.
- Also, you can sing along with the video version of Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.
- Or you can read along with the free lead sheet style sheet music using easy-to-read shape notes.
Have fun singing!
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© 2025 Geoffrey Keith
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