Be Thou My Vision
1963 — Eleanor H. Hull, Carlton R. Young
Key: D (D-D-DU)
Version 6 (2014-08-16)
GCEA
Chords
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Be thou my
Be thou my
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vision, O
vision, O
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Lord of
Lord of
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my
my
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heart
heart
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naught be all else to
naught be all else to
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me
me
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save that thou
save that thou
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art.
art.
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Thou my best
Thou my best
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thought by day or by
thought by day or by
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ni
ni
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-ight,
-ight,
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waking or sleeping thy
waking or sleeping thy
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presence my
presence my
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light.
light.
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Be Thou my
Be Thou my
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Wisdom, and
Wisdom, and
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Thou my
Thou my
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true
true
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Word
Word
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I ever with Thee
I ever with Thee
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and
and
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Thou with me,
Thou with me,
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Lord
Lord
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Thou my great
Thou my great
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Father, I Thy
Father, I Thy
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true
true
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son
son
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Thou in me dwelling, and
Thou in me dwelling, and
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I with Thee
I with Thee
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one.
one.
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Be Thou my
Be Thou my
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battle Shield,
battle Shield,
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Sword for
Sword for
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the
the
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fight
fight
A
Be Thou my Digni
Be Thou my Digni
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-ty,
-ty,
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Thou my De
Thou my De
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-light
-light
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Thou my soul’s
Thou my soul’s
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Shelter, Thou my high
Shelter, Thou my high
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To
To
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-wer
-wer
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Raise Thou me heavenward,
Raise Thou me heavenward,
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O Power of my
O Power of my
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po
po
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-wer.
-wer.
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Riches I heed
Riches I heed
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not, nor
not, nor
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man’s emp
man’s emp
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-ty
-ty
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praise,
praise,
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Thou mine Inherit
Thou mine Inherit
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-ance,
-ance,
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now and al
now and al
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-ways
-ways
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Thou and Thou on
Thou and Thou on
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-ly, first in
-ly, first in
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my
my
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heart,
heart,
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High King of Heaven,
High King of Heaven,
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my Treasure Thou
my Treasure Thou
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art.
art.
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C
High King of
High King of
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Heaven, my
Heaven, my
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victo
victo
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-ry
-ry
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won,
won,
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May I reach Heaven’s joys,
May I reach Heaven’s joys,
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O
O
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bright Heaven’s
bright Heaven’s
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Sun!
Sun!
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Heart of my own heart,
Heart of my own heart,
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whatever
whatever
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be
be
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-fall,
-fall,
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Still be my Vision,
Still be my Vision,
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O Ruler of
O Ruler of
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all.
all.