[Verse 1]
Eb Bb6 Bb Cm Gm Ab Bb Cm7 Bb7/D Eb
A - bide with me: fast falls the e - ven - tide:
Eb Eb/D Ab/C Eb/Bb Ab Eb Fm7 Bb/D Eb Adim/C Bb
The dark - ness deepens; Lord, with me a - bide:
Eb Bb6 Bb Cm Gm Ab9 Ab Ab/Bb C6 C Fm
When o - ther helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Bb7/Ab Eb/Gb Bb/F Eb Bb Cm Eb Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb
Help of the helpless, O a - bide with me.
[Verse 2]
Eb Bb6 Bb Cm Gm Ab Bb Cm7 Bb7/D Eb
Swift to its close ebbs out life's lit - tle day;
Eb Eb/D Ab/C Eb/Bb Ab Eb Fm7 Bb/D Eb Adim/C Bb
Earth's joys grow dim, its glor - ies pass a - way;
Eb Bb6 Bb Cm Gm Ab9 Ab Ab/Bb C6 C Fm
Change and de - cay in all a - round I see;
Bb7/Ab Eb/Gb Bb/F Eb Bb Cm Eb Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb
O thou who changest not, a - bide with me.
[Verse 3]
Eb Bb6 Bb Cm Gm Ab Bb Cm7 Bb7/D Eb
I need thy presence ev - 'ry pass - ing hour;
Eb Eb/D Ab/C Eb/Bb Ab Eb Fm7 Bb/D Eb Adim/C Bb
What but thy grace can foil the temp - ter's pow'r?
Eb Bb6 Bb Cm Gm Ab9 Ab Ab/Bb C6 C Fm
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
Bb7/Ab Eb/Gb Bb/F Eb Bb Cm Eb Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb
Through cloud and sunshine, O a - bide with me.
[Verse 4]
Eb Bb6 Bb Cm Gm Ab Bb Cm7 Bb7/D Eb
I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless:
Eb Eb/D Ab/C Eb/Bb Ab Eb Fm7 Bb/D Eb Adim/C Bb
Ills have no weight and tears no bit - ter - ness.
Eb Bb6 Bb Cm Gm Ab9 Ab Ab/Bb C6 C Fm
Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy vic - to - ry?
Bb7/Ab Eb/Gb Bb/F Eb Bb Cm Eb Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb
I tri - umph still, if thou a - bide with me.
[Verse 5]
Eb Bb6 Bb Cm Gm Ab Bb Cm7 Bb7/D Eb
Hold thou thy cross before my clos - ing eyes:
Eb Eb/D Ab/C Eb/Bb Ab Eb Fm7 Bb/D Eb Adim/C Bb
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies:
Eb Bb6 Bb Cm Gm Ab9 Ab Ab/Bb C6 C Fm
Heav'n's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee:
Bb7/Ab Eb/Gb Bb/F Eb Bb Cm Eb Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb
In life, in death, O Lord, a - bide with me.
Ab Eb
(Amen)