Abide With Me - acoustic fingerstyle guitar solo

Music by William H. Monk 1861

Lyrics by Henry F. Lyte 1847

Lyte was in­spired to write this hymn as he was dy­ing of tu­ber­cu­lo­sis; he fin­ished it the Sun­day he gave his fare­well ser­mon in the par­ish he served so ma­ny years. The next day, he left for Ita­ly to re­gain his health. He didn't make it, though—he died in Nice, France, three weeks af­ter writ­ing these words. Here is an ex­cerpt from his fare­well ser­mon:

"O breth­ren, I stand here among you to­day, as alive from the dead, if I may hope to im­press it upon you, and in­duce you to pre­pare for that sol­emn hour which must come to all, by a time­ly ac­quaint­ance with the death of Christ."

For over a cen­tu­ry, the bells of his church at All Saints in Low­er Brix­ham, De­von­shire, have rung out "Abide with Me" daily. The hymn was sung at the wed­ding of King George VI, at the wed­ding of his daugh­ter, the fu­ture Queen Eliz­a­beth II, and at the funeral of Nobel peace prize winner Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 1997.

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim; its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.

Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word;
But as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples, Lord,
Familiar, condescending, patient, free.
Come not to sojourn, but abide with me.

Come not in terrors, as the King of kings,
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings,
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea—
Come, Friend of sinners, and thus bide with me.

Thou on my head in early youth didst smile;
And, though rebellious and perverse meanwhile,
Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee,
On to the close, O Lord, abide with me.

I need Thy presence every passing hour.
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.

I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.

Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

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[BudapestMonster]

Gorgeous! Who did the arrangement?

[lladnekj]

@BudapestMonster, I arranged it a few years ago. Praise be to God!!

[jut777]

wow, i think what makes it so touching, it's almost as if you're praying the song, not just playing it

[stannyjoe]

correction...what is really stupid is your comment.....i'd like to buy your brain when you die...i'll pay as much as you want.....(because its never been used) :-)

[APthaBoss87]

incredible sound man. sounded like a bedtime lullaby

[Pothagoras]

Great arrangement...nice played !! Gänsehaut-Feeling^^ !!

[evegpt]

That was just beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[legendCedric]

nice playing~~

[shrinkpachyderm]

your too young to remember john williams, but you play this in a similar style to him. Very well done. I love the emotion in this

[pyrofreak8]

well done brother. very good

is it possible to get the tabs?

[blackwatchpiper1984]

So beautiful video...Friend, You don´t play with your fingers, you play with your heart, CONGRATS!!!!

[vernonore]

Very heartfelt and inspiring! 5 stars