Abide With Me

E G#m B C#m A-bide with me; E A E fast falls the eventide; E A E The darkness deep-ens; A E F# B Lord with me a-bide. E G#m B C#m E C#m When oth-er help-ers fail A C#m B and comforts flee, E B7 E B Help of the helpless, E F#m E B E O a - bide with me. E G#m B C#m Swift to its close E A E ebbs out life's little day; E A Earth's joys grow dim; E A E F# B its glories pass a - way; E G#m B C#m Change and de-cay E C#m A C#m B in all around I see; E B7 E B E O Thou who changest not, F#m E B E O a - bide with me E G#m B C#m E Come not in terr-or, A E as the King of kings, E A But kind and good, E A E F# B with healing in Thy wings; E G#m B C#m Tears for all woes, E C#m A C#m B a heart for eve-ry plea. E B E B Come, Friend of sinners, E F#m E B E thus a - bide with me. E G#m B C#m Thou on my head E A E in early youth didst smile, E A E And though re-bell-ious A E F# B and perverse meanwhile, E G#m B C#m E Thou hast not left me, C#m A C#m B oft as I left Thee. E B E B On to the close, O E F#m E B E Lord, a - bide with me. E G#m B C#m I need Thy presence E A E every passing hour. E A What but Thy grace E A E F# B can foil the tempter's pow'r? E G#m B C#m Who, like Thyself, E C#m A C#m B my guide and stay can be? E B E B Through cloud and sunshine, E F#m E B E Lord, a - bide with me. E G#m B C#m I fear no foe, E A E with Thee at hand to bless; E A Ills have no weight, E A E F# B and tears no bitterness. E G#m B C#m Where is death's sting? E C#m A C#m B Where, grave, thy vic-tor-y? E B E B I triumph still, if E F#m E B E Thou a - bide with me. E G#m B C#m Hold Thou Thy cross E A E before my closing eyes; E A Shine through the gloom E A E F# B and point me to the skies. E G#m B C#m Heav'n's morn-ing breaks, E C#m A C#m B and earth's vain shadows flee; E B E B In life, in death, O E F#m E B E Lord, a - bide with me