Keith and Kristyn Getty – Abide With Me (Guitar)

[Verse 1]
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fast falls the eventide;

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The darkness deep-ens;

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Lord with me a-bide.

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When oth-er help-ers fail

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and comforts flee,

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Help of the helpless,

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O a - bide with me.

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Swift  to  its close

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ebbs out life's little day;

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Earth's joys grow dim;

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its glories pass a - way;

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Change and  de-cay

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in all around  I  see;

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O Thou who changest not,

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O a - bide with me

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Come not in terr-or,

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as the King of kings,

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But kind and good,

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with healing in Thy wings;

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Tears for all woes,

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a heart for eve-ry plea.

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Come, Friend of sinners,

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thus a - bide with me.

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Thou on my head

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in early youth didst smile,

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And though re-bell-ious

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and perverse meanwhile,

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Thou hast not left me,

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oft as I left Thee.

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On to the close, O

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Lord, a - bide with me.

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I need Thy presence

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every passing hour.

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What but Thy grace

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can foil the tempter's pow'r?

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Who, like Thyself,

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my guide and stay can be?

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Through cloud and sunshine,

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Lord, a - bide with me.

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I fear no foe,

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with Thee at hand to bless;

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Ills have no weight,

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and tears no bitterness.

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Where is death's sting?

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Where, grave, thy vic-tor-y?

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I triumph still, if

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Thou a - bide with me.

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Hold Thou Thy cross

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before my closing eyes;

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Shine through the gloom

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and point me to the skies.

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Heav'n's morn-ing breaks,

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and earth's vain shadows flee;

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In life, in death, O

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Lord, a - bide with me