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