Misc Praise Songs – Abide With Me (Guitar Tab)

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This is my fingerstyle arrangement of the hymn "Abide with Me" composed by William Henry Monk. All the notes I've written are eighth notes, except the notes at the end of measures 8, 12, and 16. Those notes are half notes, and it sounds good if you strum those ones. The chord at the end of measure 16 is an optional chord you can play during the last repeat. I meant this to be played as an instrumental, but I've included the lyrics of the first verse to help with timing.
e|-2-------2---0---|---------5-------|-7---5---5---3---|-2-------------2-|
B|---3---3---2---2-|-3---------3---3-|---8---7---3---2-|---3---3-----3---|
G|-----2-----------|---4---4-----2---|-0---------------|-----2-----2-----|
D|-0-----------2---|-----4---4-------|-----0---4---2---|-0-------0-------|
A|---------0-------|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  "A   -  bide with  me;    fast     falls the e - ven  tide.   

e|-2-------3---5---|-7-------5-------|-3---0---2---4---|-5---------------|
B|---3---3---3---3-|---8---8---7---7-|---3---2---3---5-|---5-------------|
G|-----2-----------|-0---7-------7---|-------------4---|-----6-4---------|
D|-0---------------|---------0-------|-2-------0-------|---------7-------|
A|---------2---0---|-----------------|-----4-----------|-0-------7-------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-------|
  The     darkness  deep  -  ens;    Lord, with me a -  bide.

e|-2-------2---0---|---------5-------|-7---5---3---2---|-0---------------|
B|---3---3---2---2-|-3---------3---3-|---8---7---4---4-|---0---0---------|
G|-----2-----------|---4---4-----2---|-0-------4---2---|-----0-----------|
D|-0-----------2---|-----4---4-------|-----0-----------|-2-------2-------|
A|---------0-------|-2---------------|-----------------|---------2-------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|
 When      other    help  -  ers     fail and comforts   flee,

e|-0-------2---3---|-2---0-------3---|-2-------0-------|------------(10)-|
B|---2---2---3---2-|---3---2-3-----3-|---3---3---2---2-|-3----------(7)--|
G|-----2-----------|-----2-----4-----|-----2-------0---|---2--------(7)--|
D|-----------------|-0-------4---2---|-0-------2-------|-0---4-2-0--(7)--|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-------0---|-----------------|
E|-3-------2---0---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 Help     of  the   helpless, O  a  - bide     with     me."
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