Nearer My God to Thee

X: 1
T: Nearer My God to Thee
T: Bethany (6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4)
C: Music by Lowell Mason, 1856
C: Lyrics by Sarah F. Adams, 1841
W:
W: Nearer, my God, to Thee,
W: Nearer to Thee!
W: E'en though it be a cross
W: That raiseth me;
W: Still all my song would be,
W: Nearer, my God, to Thee,
W: Nearer to Thee!
W:
W: Though like the wanderer,
W: The sun gone down,
W: Darkness be over me,
W: My rest alone.
W: Yet in my dreams I'd be
W: Nearer, my God, to Thee,
W: Nearer to Thee!
W:
W: There let the way appear
W: Steps unto heav'n;
W: All that Thou sendest me
W: In mercy giv'n;
W: Angels to beckon me
W: Nearer, my God, to Thee,
W: Nearer to Thee!
W:
W: Then, with my waking thoughts
W: Bright with Thy praise,
W: Out of my stony griefs
W: Bethel I'll raise;
W: So by my woes to be
W: Nearer, my God, to Thee,
W: Nearer to Thee!
W:
W: Or if on joyful wing,
W: Cleaving the sky,
W: Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
W: Upwards I fly,
W: Still all my song shall be,
W: Nearer, my God, to Thee,
W: Nearer to Thee!
M: C
L: 1/4
K: F
V:S clef=treble   merge=2 stems=up staves=2 bracket=2
V:A clef=treble   merge=1 stems=down
V:T clef=treble-8 merge=4 stems=up staves=2 bracket=2 middle=b
V:B clef=bass     merge=3 stems=down
V:S
[| A2 G F | F> D D2 | C2 F A | G4 | A2 G F |
| F> D D2 | C F E G | F4 | c2 d c | c> A c2 |
| c2 d c | c> A G2 | A2 G F | F> D D2 | C F E G | F4 |]
V:A
[| C2 B, A, | D> B, B,2 | C2 C C | C4 | C2 B, A, |
w: 1.Near-er, my God, to Thee, Near-er to Thee!  E'en though it
w: 2.Though like the wan-der-er, The sun gone down, Dark-ness be
| D> B, B,2 | A, C C C | C4 | F2 F F | F> F F2 |
w: be a cross That_ rais-eth me; Still all my song would be,
w: over me, My_ rest a-lone.  Yet in my dreams I'd be
| F2 F F | G> C C2 | C2 C C | D> B, B,2 | A, C C C | C4 |]
w: Near-er, my God, to Thee; Near-er, my God, to Thee, Near-_er to Thee!
V:T
[| f2 e f | b> f f2 | a2 f f | e4 | f2 e f |
| b> f f2 | f a g b | a4 | a2 b a | a> c' a2 |
| a2 b a | g> f e2 | f2 e f | b> f f2 | f a g b | a4 |]
V:B
[| f2 c d | B> B B2 | F2 A F | c4 | f2 c d |
| B> B B2 | c2 c c | f4 | f2 f f | f> f f2 |
| f2 B f | e> f c2 | F2 G A | B> B B2 | c2 c c | f4 |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/src/jcabc2ps-20090401/abc/Bethany/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/src/jcabc2ps-20100402/abc/Bethany/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/src/jcabc2ps-20140804/abc/Bethany/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/src/jcabc2ps-20150907/abc/Bethany/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/test/Bethany/0000

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