Verse 1
 
D          Bm         G          D 
Be Thou my vision O Lord of my heart 
A              Bm          G         A 
Nought be all else to me, save Thou art 
Bm            G           D        G 
Thou my best thought, by day or by night 
D          Bm             G      A    D 
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. 
 
Verse 2
 
D            Bm        G           D 
Christ be my leader by night as by day 
A                Bm           G         A 
Safe through the darkness for He is the way 
Bm       G         D          G 
Gladly I follow my future His care 
D           Bm            G     A   D 
Darkness is daylight when Jesus is there 
 
Verse 3
 
D            Bm         G         D 
Christ be my teacher in age as in youth 
A           Bm           G         A 
Drifting or doubting for He is the truth 
Bm          G                D           G 
Grant me to trust Him though shifting as sand 
D            Bm          G     A    D 
Doubt cannot daunt me in Jesus I    stand 
 
Verse 4
 
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Christ be my Saviour in calm as in strife 
A            Bm          G          A 
Death cannot hold me for He is the life 
    Bm           G            D           G 
Nor darkness nor doubting nor sin and its stain 
    D           Bm          G     A   D 
Can touch my salvation with Jesus I   reign. 
 
D            Bm         G        A    D 
High King of Heaven, my treasure thou art. 
D           Bm         G    A   D 
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.