Nearer My God To Thee chords by Songs Of Praise

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
C           F             C         G
Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
C              F            C    G      C
E’en though it be a cross, that raiseth me.
C             F               C         G
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee,
C           F
Nearer, my God, to thee,
C    G      C
Nearer to thee!

Verse 2:
C                F         C            G
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
C            F        C  G      C
Darkness be over me, my rest a stone,
C          F              C          G
Yet in my dreams I’d be, nearer, my God, to thee,
C           F
Nearer, my God, to thee,
C   G       C
Nearer to thee!

Verse 3:
C             F            C          G
There let the way appear, steps unto heav’n;
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All that thou sendest me, in mercy giv’n;
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Angels to beckon me, nearer, my God, to thee,
C           F
Nearer, my God, to thee,
C   G      C
Nearer to thee!

Verse 4:
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Then with my waking thoughts, bright with thy praise,
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Out of my stony griefs, Bethel I’ll raise;
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So by my woes to be, nearer, my God, to thee,
C           F
Nearer, my God, to thee,
C   G      C
Nearer to thee!

Verse 5:
C           F            C           G
Or if, on joyful wing, cleaving the sky,
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Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly,
C             F              C          G
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee,
C           F
Nearer, my God to thee,
C   G      C
Nearer to thee!

Verse 6:
C            F              C           G
There in my Father’s home, safe and at rest,
C            C              C    G      C
There in my Savior’s love, perfectly blest;
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Age after age to be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
C           F
Nearer, my God, to thee,
C    G    Am
Nearer to thee!
C           F
Nearer, my God, to thee,
C   G     C
Nearer to thee!