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Abide With Me

Singles And Non Album Tracks

Abide with Me 
Henry Francis Lyte (1847) / William Henry Monk (1861)
available on the Carnival multi-artist album (1997)

G - Am - C/G - Dm - Am - Em - F - Bb/F - C/G - F

F     C/E   F       Bb/F      C/G  F
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
        Gm   Bb/F F   Gm  C/G F   Dm  C
The darkness deepens, Lord abide with me
F/C   A/C# Dm F/C   Bb      D7        Gm7
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
C       F/C A/C#      Dm  F/C  C   F
Help of the helpless, O abide with me

Bb - Eb - Db - Abm - Bbm - Ab - Bb - Eb - Gm - F

F     C/E   F       Bb/F     C/G      F
I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless
          Gm Bb/F    F  Gm   C/G  F Dm  C
Ills have no weight and tears no bitterness
F/C      A/C#     Dm    F/C    Bb         D7   Gm7
Where is death's sting, where, grave, thy victory
C     F/C  A/C#     Dm    F/C  C   F
I triumph still if Thou abide with me

F - Bb - F - Am - D - G - Gm - Fm - Em - E7 - F

F         C/E   F     Bb/F     C/G     F
Hold Thou thy cross before my closing eyes
              Gm   Bb/F  F  Gm   C/G  F Dm    C
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies
F/C       A/C#    Dm    F/C  Bb           D7      Gm7
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee
C        F/C A/C#     Dm    F/C   C   F   D
In life, in death, O Lord abide with me
Gm  F    Gm   F/C A/C# Dm    F/C  C   F      
In life, in death, O  Lord abide with me