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Lead Kindly Light

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GLead, kindD7ly GLight,
I was    not ever
So long thy  pow'r
amAm11id   Gth'enCadd9circliC/Eng  CglDooD7m;
  thus, nor pray'd that thou
hath blest me, sure it still
   G/BLead D7thou Gme Am11on!D7/A  
Shouldst lead me on. 
   Will lead me on
D7The Am7night D7is Gdark,
I loved   to choose
O'er moor and fen,
and Am11I    Gam Cadd9far   C/Efrom ChoGme;
and see  my path  but  now,
o'er crag and torrent, till
G/DLead thou Dme D7on!G  
Lead thou me on!
The night is gone. 
DKeep A7/Ethou Dmy AfeA7et;
I   loved the garish
And with the morn
  DI D/Ado not A7ask D11to  DseGadd9/DeD7  
day, and, spite of fears,
those angel faces  smile,
  GThe AmdisG/Btant Cscene-
Pride ruled my will. 
Which I  have loved,
    one D7step enG/Dough D7for D7me. G  
    Remember   not  past years. 
long since, and lost a while.

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Lead Kindly Light

by LDS Hymns

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am11

Cadd9

C/E

G/B

D7/A

Am7

G/D

A7/E

D/A

D11

Gadd9/D

G D7 G

Lead, kindly Light,

I was not ever

So long thy pow'r

Am11 G Cadd9 C/E C D D7

amid th'encircling gloom;

thus, nor pray'd that thou

hath blest me, sure it still

G/B D7 G Am11 D7/A

Lead thou me on!

Shouldst lead me on.

Will lead me on

D7 Am7 D7 G

The night is dark,

I loved to choose

O'er moor and fen,

Am11 G Cadd9 C/E C G

and I am far from home;

and see my path but now,

o'er crag and torrent, till

G/D D D7 G

Lead thou me on!

The night is gone.

D A7/E D A A7

Keep thou my feet;

I loved the garish

And with the morn

D D/A A7 D11 D Gadd9/D D7

I do not ask to see

day, and, spite of fears,

those angel faces smile,

G Am G/B C

The distant scene-

Pride ruled my will.

Which I have loved,

D7 G/D D7 D7 G

one step enough for me.

Remember not past years.

long since, and lost a while.

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