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title: Abide with Me
key: Eb
time: 4/4
tempo: 100
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[Line 1]
L1: A - bide with me; fast falls the e - ven - tide;
L2: Swift to its close ebbs out life's lit - tle day;
L3: I need Thy pres - ence ev - ery pass - ing hour:
L4: I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;
L5: Hold Thou Thy Cross be - fore my clos - ing eyes,
S: m :- | m :r | d :- | s :- | l :s | s :f | m :- | - :-
A: d :- | t, :t, | d :- | d :- | d :t, | d :r | d :- | - :-
T: s :- | s :f | m :- | d :- | d :s | s :s | s :- | - :-
B: d :- | s, :s, | l, :- | m, :- | f, :s, | l, :t, | d :- | - :-

[Line 2]
L1: The dark - ness deep - ens; Lord, with me a - bide
L2: Earth's joys grow dim, its glo - ries pass a - way;
L3: What but Thy grace can foil the temp - ter's power?
L4: Ills have no weight, and tears no bit - ter - ness;
L5: Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
S: m :- | f :s | l :- | s :- | f :r | m :fe | s :- | - :-
A: d :- | d :d | d :- | d :- | d :r | d :d | t, :- | - :-
T: s :- | f :m | f :- | m :- | l :s | s :d | r :- | - :-
B: _d :t,_ | l, :s, | f, :- | d :- | r :t, | d :l, | s, :- | - :-

[Line 3]
L1: When oth - er help - ers fail, and com - forts flee,
L2: Change and de - cay in all a - round I see;
L3: Who like Thy - self my guide and stay can be?
L4: Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy vic - tor - y?
L5: Heaven's morn - ing breaks, and earth's vain shad - ows flee:
S: m :- | m :r | d :- | s :- | s :f | f :m | r :- | - :-
A: d :- | t, :t, | d :- | d :- | d :d | de :de | r :- | - :-
T: _m :f_ | s :f | m :- | _d' :t_ | l :l | l :s | f :- | - :-
B: d :- | s, :s, | l, :- | m, :- | f, :-.s, | l, :l, | r :- | - :-

[Line 4]
L1: Help of the help - less, O a - bide with me.
L2: O Thou who chang - est not, a - bide with me!
L3: Through cloud and sun - shine, O a - bide with me.
L4: I tri - umph still, if Thou a - bide with me.
L5: In life, in death, O Lord, a - bide with me!
S: r :- | m :f | m :r | d :f | m :- | r :- | d :- | - :-
A: t, :- | d :t, | d :t, | d :r | d :- | t, :- | d :- | - :-
T: s :- | s :s | s :f | m :l | s :- | - :f | m :- | - :-
B: f :- | m :r | d :s, | l, :f, | s, :- | s, :- | d :- | - :-