ABIDE WITH ME
Written by Nathan Drake, Henry Francis Lyte
Abide With Me Chords
from "Hymns of the Spirit"
(Capo 3)
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Introx2/Interludesx2: C
C F G C
Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;
C F Dm G
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide:
C F Am G
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
G C C G C
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
C F G C
Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
C F Dm G
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away,
C F Am G
Change and decay in all around I see;
G C C G C
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.
C F G C
I need Thy presence every passing hour;
C F Dm G
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
C F Am G
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
G C C G C
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
C F G C
I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless:
C F Dm G
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
C F Am G
Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory?
G C C G C
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.
C F G C
Hold Thou Thy Cross before my closing eyes:
C F
Shine through the gloom,
Dm G
and point me to the skies:
C
Heaven's morning breaks,
F Am G
and earth's vain shadows flee:
G C C G C
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
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Available worship resources for Abide With Me include: chord chart, multitrack, backing track, lyric video, and streaming. This hymn was written by Henry Francis Lyte, 1847. Modern arrangement and recording by Nathan Drake, Reawaken Hymns. CCLI# 7204692