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;
C       F     C  G   C
All that thou sendest me, in mercy giv’n;
C      F     C     G
Angels to beckon me, nearer, my God, to thee,
C      F
Nearer, my God, to thee,
C  G   C
Nearer to thee!

Verse 4:
C       F        C        G
Then with my waking thoughts, bright with thy praise,
C     F       C G    C
Out of my stony griefs, Bethel I’ll raise;
C     F      C     G
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,
C        F      C  G  C
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;
C     F      C     G
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!