Chords with lyrics
🎸 Intro:
C F
Nearer, my God, to thee!
C G7
Nearer, to thee!
C F C G7 C
E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me
C F C
still all my song shall be
C F C G7
nearer, my God, to thee
C F C G7 C
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
🎸 Verse 1:
C F C G7
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down
C F C G7 C
darkness be over me, my rest a stone;
C F C
yet in my dreams I'd be
C F C G7
nearer, my God, to thee
C F C G7 C
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
🎸 Verse 2:
C F C G7
There let the way appear, steps unto heaven;
C F C G7 C
all that thou sendest me, in mercy giv'n;
C F C
angels to beckon me
C F C G7
nearer, my God, to thee
C F C G7 C
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
🎸 Verse 3:
C F C G7
Then, with my waking thoughts bright with thy praise
C F C G7 C
out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise;
C F C
so by my woes to be
F C G7
nearer, my God, to thee
C F C G7 C
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
🎸 Outro 4:
C F C G7
Or if, on joyful wing cleaving the sky
C F C G7 C
caught up to meet my king, swiftly I'll fly
C F C
still all my song shall be
C F C G7
nearer, my God, to thee
C F C G7 C
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
