Abide With Me chords by Songs Of Praise

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
D MajorD     B minorBm     G+G      D MajorD
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
   D7D7    G+G    E MajorE      A augmentedA
The darkness deepens: Lord, with me abide
 D MajorD     B minorBm    G+G        A augmentedA
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
A augmentedA    D MajorD  G+G       D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD
Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me


Verse 2:
D MajorD       B minorBm     G+G        D MajorD
Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day
   D7D7      G+G    E MajorE      A augmentedA
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away
 D MajorD     B minorBm    G+G      A augmentedA
Change and decay in all around I see
A augmentedA       D MajorD   G+G   D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD
O Thou who changest not, abide with me

Verse 3:
D MajorD       B minorBm    G+G      D MajorD
I need your presence every passing hour;
   D7D7    G+G    E MajorE          A augmentedA
what but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
 D MajorD     B minorBm    G+G        A augmentedA
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
A augmentedA         D MajorD     G+G   D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.


Verse 4:
D MajorD     B minorBm     G+G       D MajorD
I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless
   D7D7    G+G     E MajorE      A augmentedA
Ills have no weight and tears no bitterness
 D MajorD        B minorBm   G+G        A augmentedA
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
A augmentedA       D MajorD   G+G   D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me


Verse 5:
D MajorD       B minorBm   G+G        D MajorD
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes
   D7D7       G+G    E MajorE        A augmentedA
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies
 D MajorD         B minorBm     G+G          A augmentedA
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee
A augmentedA       D MajorD    G+G   D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD
In life, in death, o Lord, abide with me

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