Abide With Me

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