Abide with Me — chord chart in any key
Henry Francis Lyte, 1847. Tune: EVENTIDE. Public domain, free to print.
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Key of E♭.
Verse 1
EbAbide Bbwith Cmme; Ebfast Abfalls the Bb7evenEbtide;
EbThe AbdarkEbness AbdeepEbens; FmLord, with Ebme F7aBbbide.
EbWhen othBber CmhelpEbers Abfail and comC7forts Fmflee,
Bb7Help Ebof Bb7the EbhelpBbless, CmO aEbbide Bbwith Ebme.
Verse 2
EbSwift to Bbits Cmclose Ebebbs About life’s Bb7little Ebday;
EbEarth’s Abjoys Ebgrow Abdim; Ebits Fmglories Ebpass F7aBbway;
EbChange and BbdeCmcay Ebin Aball around C7I Fmsee;
Bb7O EbThou Bb7who EbchangBbest Cmnot, aEbbide Bbwith Ebme.
Verse 3
EbI need BbThy CmpresEbence Abevery Bb7passing Ebhour;
EbWhat Abbut EbThy Abgrace Ebcan Fmfoil the EbtemptF7er’s Bbpower?
EbWho, like BbThyCmself, Ebmy Abguide and stay C7can Fmbe?
Bb7Through Ebcloud Bb7and EbsunBbshine, CmLord, aEbbide Bbwith Ebme.
Verse 4
EbI fear Bbno Cmfoe, Ebwith AbThee at Bb7hand to Ebbless;
EbIlls Abhave Ebno Abweight, Eband Fmtears no EbbitF7terBbness.
EbWhere is Bbdeath’s Cmsting? EbWhere, Abgrave, thy vicC7toFmry?
Bb7I EbtriBb7umph Ebstill, Bbif CmThou aEbbide Bbwith Ebme.
Verse 5
EbHold Thou BbThy Cmcross EbbeAbfore my Bb7closing Ebeyes;
EbShine Abthrough Ebthe Abgloom Eband Fmpoint me Ebto F7the Bbskies.
EbHeaven’s mornBbing Cmbreaks, Eband Abearth’s vain shadC7ows Fmflee;
Bb7In Eblife, Bb7in Ebdeath, BbO CmLord, aEbbide Bbwith Ebme.
Henry Francis Lyte wrote this text in 1847, the year he died, and it first circulated as a printed leaflet. William Henry Monk's tune EVENTIDE came with Hymns Ancient and Modern in 1861, and the meter is 10.10.10.10.