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Verse one
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Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee
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E'em though it be a cross, that raí seth me
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Still all my song would be, nearer, my God, to thee
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Nearer my God tot hee, nearer to thee
Verse two
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Though, like the wanderer, the sung one down
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Dark ness be over me, my resta stone
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Yet in my dreams I'd be, nearer, my God, to thee
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Nearer tothee, nearer to thee
Verse three
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There let the way appear, step sup to heaven
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All that thousend est me, in mercy given
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Angels to beck on me, nearer, my God, to thee
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Nearer to thee, nearer to thee
Verse four
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Then, with my waking thoughts, bright with thy praise
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Out of my stony grifes, bethel I'll raise
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So by my woes to be, nearer, my God, to thee
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Nearer to thee, nearer to thee
Verse five
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Or, if on joy ful wing, cleaving thes ky
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Sun, moon, and stars forgot, up wards I fly
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Still all my songs hall be, nearer, my God, to thee
G C G D7 G
Nearer to thee, nearer to thee
Written by Lovell Mason and Arthur Sullivan