Verse 1
 
Em         C 
Nearer, my God, to Thee 
G         B7 
Nearer to Thee 
Em             C 
E'en though it be a cross 
G    B7      Em 
That raiseth me 
G            C          G 
Still all my song would be 
G          C       B7 
Nearer, my God, to Thee 
Em         C 
Nearer, my God to Thee, 
G  B7     Em 
Nearer to Thee 
 
Verse 2
 
Em               C 
Though, like the wanderer 
G            B7 
The sun gone down 
Em          C 
Darkness be over me 
G  B7      Em 
My rest a  stone 
G         C          G 
Yet in my dreams I'd be 
G          C       B7 
Nearer, my God, to Thee 
Em         C 
Nearer, my God to Thee, 
G  B7     Em 
Nearer to Thee 
 
Verse 3
 
Am            F 
There let the way appear 
C           E7 
Steps up to heaven 
Am            F 
All that Thou sendest me 
C     E7   Am 
In mercy given 
C         F      C 
Angels to beckon me 
C          F       E7 
Nearer, my God, to Thee 
Am         F 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
C  E7     Am 
Nearer to Thee 
 
Verse 4
 
Am        F 
Or, if on joyful wing 
C            E7 
Cleaving the sky 
Am             F 
Sun, moon, and stars forgot 
C E7      Am 
Upwards I fly 
C            F          C 
Still all my song shall be 
C          F       E7 
Nearer, my God, to Thee 
Am         F 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
C  E7     Am 
Nearer to Thee