Be Thou My Vision tab by Ascend The Hill

BE THOU MY VISION

Words by Dallan Forgaill
Music, arrangement & Additional Chorus by Joel Davis
Performed by 'Ascend the Hill'

Submitted to GTE by: Honey

Guitar 1: Rhythm/Acoustic guitar
Plays Chords as Rhythm

Guitar 2: Electric/Lead guitar
Plays Intro/Lead over the top (or underneath) of the verses, with light finger
picking of the chords during the chorus'

Capo 2

Intro/Lead (Relative to Capo)

e|---------------------------------7-9-7---7-7-9-9-11-12-11-9-7--7----------|
b|----7--------------7-9--7-7-7-7-9------9---------------------9--9-7-------|
g|-9-9--9-6----6-9-9--------------------------------------------------9-----|
d|---------9-9--------------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----7-7-9-7---------------------|
b|---9--------9--9--7-5------------|
g|-9------------9-------6/9--9-----|
d|---------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Verse 1
E     C#m    A     E
Be Thou my vision O Lord of my heart
B       C#m     A     B
Nought be all else to me, save Thou art
C#m      A      E    A
Thou my best thought, by day or by night
E     C#m      A   B  E
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Verse 2
E      C#m     A    E
Be Thou my wisdom, Thou my true word
B    C#m       A     B
I ever with Thee, Thou with me, Lord
C#m      A     E      A
Thou my great Father and I Thy true son;
E     C#m      A    B  E
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Verse 3
E     C#m      A      E
Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise
B     C#m     A    B
Thou mine inheritance now and always
C#m      A     E   A
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart
E      C#m     A    B  E
High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art.

Chorus
  B     C#m    A   B
O God be my everything, be my delight
   B    C#m    A    B
Be Jesus my glory, my soul satisfied (2x)
  B C#m A    B
My Jesus, You satisfy (4x)

Verse 4
E       C#m    A     E
High King of heaven, after vict?ry won,
B      C#m      A      B
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun!
C#m     A       E   A
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
E      C#m    A  B  E
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all. (this line 2x)

Chorus
  B     C#m    A   B
O God be my everything, be my delight
   B    C#m    A    B
Be Jesus my glory, my soul satisfied (2x)

End
To end the song it sounds great with Guitar 1 finger picking the verse chords
softly with stringed instrument accompaniment (if available) to give body.

Tabbed by: Mitchell Hamilton
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