EbBe Thou Bbmy AbVision, O EbLord of Bbmy Ebheart;
BbNaught be all else to Ebme, Absave that Thou Ebart.
AbThou my best Thought, Ebby day or Bbby Abnight,
EbWaking or Absleeping, Thy Bbpresence my Eblight.
Verse 2
EbBe Thou Bbmy AbWisdom, and EbThou my Bbtrue EbWord;
BbI ever with Thee Eband AbThou with me, EbLord;
AbThou my great Father, Eband I Thy Bbtrue Abson;
EbThou in me Abdwelling, and BbI with Thee Ebone.
Verse 3
EbBe Thou Bbmy Abbattle Shield, EbSword for Bbthe Ebfight;
BbBe Thou my DigniEbty, AbThou my DeEblight;
AbThou my soul's Shelter, EbThou my high BbToAbwer:
EbRaise Thou me Abheav'nward, O BbPow'r of my Ebpow'r.
Verse 4
EbRiches BbI Abheed not, nor Ebman's emBbpty Ebpraise,
BbThou mine InheriEbtance, Abnow and alEbways:
AbThou and Thou only, Ebbe first in Bbmy Abheart,
EbHigh King of AbHeaven, my BbTreasure Thou Ebart.
Verse 5
EbHigh King Bbof AbHeaven, my EbvictorBby Ebwon,
BbMay I reach Heav'ns joys, EbO Abbright Heaven's EbSun!
AbHeart of my own heart, Ebwhatever BbbeAbfall,
EbStill be my AbVision, O BbRuler of Eball.
Melody tab
Verse 1 on guitar.
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------0------|
D|-1--1----3--1--------------1----1--3---------|
A|--------------3--1-----1-3-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Be Thou my Vi sion, O Lord of my heart;
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------1-------------------|
G|--------------------0--3--------3----0----3----|
D|-3------3--3---3-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-1----1--3-4-3-1-----------------------------------|
G|--------------------3--------0--3------------------|
D|------------------------------------1--0-----------|
A|------------------------------------------3------1-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|------------1--------------------------------------|
G|----0----3--------3-0--------0---------------------|
D|-1-----------------------1-----3---1-----1--1------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
Wa king or sleep ing, Thy pre sence my light.
About this song
Words
Attr. Dallan Forgaill, 8th Century. Translated by Mary Byrne, 1905 and Eleanor Hull, 1912.
Music
'Slane' Traditional Irish. Setting: Mark Hamilton Dewey, 2007.
Sources
Open Hymnal Project, 2008 Revision.
Copyright
Public domain. All portions of the setting that were not already public domain were released to the public domain by the arranger on 27 July 2007. He already had released the parts and the versification (except for a few changes in the third verse, which he released to the public domain in 2007) to the public domain in 2006.