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