ABIDE WITH ME

Henry Francis Lyte (1847) Tempo Medium

1 = D# 4/4 Translate by Laurent

S 3 . 3 2 1 . 5 . 6 5 5 4 3 . . .
A 1 . 7< 7< 1 . 1 . 1 7< 1 2 1 . . .
T 5 . 5 4 3 . 1 . 1 5 5 5 5 . . .
B 1 . 5< 5< 6< . 3< . 4< 5< 6< 7< 1 . . .

1. A - bide with me fast falls the e - ven - tide

2. Swift to its close ebbs out life's lit - tle day
3. Hold Thou Thy cross be - fore my clo - sing eyes
4 I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless

S 3 . 4 5 6 . 5 . 4 2 3 4/ 5 . . .
A 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 2 1 1 7< . . .
T 5 . 4 3 4 . 2 . 6 5 5 1 2 . . .
B 1 7< 6< 5< 4< . 1 . 2 7< 1 6< 5< . . .

1. The dark- ness dee - pens Lord with me a- bide

2. Earth's joy grow dim, its glo - ries pass a- way
3. Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies
4 Ills have no weight, and tears no bit- ter- ness

S 3 . 3 2 1 . 5 . 5 4 4 3 2 . . .
A 1 . 7< 7< 1 . 1 . 1 1 1/ 1/ 2 . . .
T 3 4 5 4 3 . 1> 7 6 6 6 5 4 . . .
B 1 . 5< 5< 6< . 3< . 4< . 5< 6< 6< 2 . . .

1. When o- ther help - pers fail and com - forts flee

2. Change and de - cay - in all a - round I see
3. Heaven's mor - ning breaks, - and earth's vain sha- dows flee
4 Where , is death's sting? - Where, grave, the vic - to - ry?

2 . 3 4 3 2 1 4 3 . 2 . 1 . . .
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T 5 . 5 5 5 4 3 6 5 . 5 4 3 . . .
B 4 . 3 2 1 5< 6< 4< 5< . 5< . 1 . . .

1. Help of ther help - less oh a- bide with me

2. O Thou who chan - gest not a- bide with me
3. In life, in death, O Lord a- bide with me
4 Ills tri - umph still, if thou a- bide with me