Abide With Me (SJEH Arrangement) by hymn
Key: DD | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

Verse 1
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Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
D    A       G  D     Em        D  E7  A
The darkness deepens; Lord with me a - bide.
D      A    D       G        B7       Em
When o-ther helpers fail and comforts flee,
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Help of the helpless, O a-bide with me.
 
Verse 2
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Swift to its close ebbs out; Life's little day.
D    A            G  D        Em     D  E7  A
Earth's joys grow dim; Its glories pass away.
D      A    D         G     B7    Em
Change and decay; In all around I see;
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O Thou, who changest not,Abide with me!
 
Verse 3
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I need Thy presence; Every passing hour.
D    A       G  D     Em        D  E7  A
What but Thy grace; Can foil the tempter's power?
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Who, like Thyself, My guide and stay can be?
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Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
 
Verse 4
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I fear no foe, With Thee at hand to bless;
D    A       G        D   Em        D  E7  A
Ills have no weight, And tears no bitterness.
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Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
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I triumph still, If Thou abide with me.
 
Verse 5
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Hold Thou Thy cross; Before my closing eyes;
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Shine through the gloom; And point me to the skies.
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Heaven's morning breaks, And earth's vain shadows flee!
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In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!