Abide With Me chords by Songs Of Praise

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
D          Bm         G           D
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
     D7        G        E            A
The darkness deepens: Lord, with me abide
 D          Bm       G                A
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
A        D    G             D    A   D
Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me


Verse 2:
D             Bm         G                D
Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day
     D7            G        E            A
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away
 D          Bm       G            A
Change and decay in all around I see
A             D      G     D    A   D
O Thou who changest not, abide with me

Verse 3:
D             Bm       G           D
I need your presence every passing hour;
     D7        G        E                   A
what but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
 D         Bm        G                A
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
A                  D         G      D    A   D
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.


Verse 4:
D          Bm         G              D
I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless
     D7        G          E            A
Ills have no weight and tears no bitterness
 D                Bm      G                A
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
A             D      G     D    A   D
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me


Verse 5:
D              Bm      G               D
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes
     D7             G        E                A
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies
 D                 Bm          G                   A
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee
A             D       G      D    A   D
In life, in death, o Lord, abide with me