Be Thou My Vision Chords

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Be Thou My Vision by Christian is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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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          D          Bm      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 
Be Thou my wisdom, Thou my true word 
A      Bm            G         A 
I ever with Thee, Thou with me, Lord 
Bm          D          Bm      G 
Thou my great Father and I Thy true son; 
D         Bm          G       A  D 
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one. 

verse 3 

D        Bm           G          D 
Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise 
A         Bm        G      A 
Thou mine inheritance now and always 
Bm          D          Bm      G 
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart 
D           Bm        G       A   D 
High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art. 


  A         Bm      G     A 
O God be my everything, be my delight 
     A      Bm      G      A 
Be Jesus my glory, my soul satisfied (2x) 
  A Bm G      A 
My Jesus, You satisfy (4x) 

verse 4 

D            Bm       G         D 
High King of heaven, after vict?ry won, 
A           Bm          G           A 
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun! 
Bm          D          Bm      G 
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, 
D          Bm       G   A  D 
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all. (line x2) 

 
  A         Bm      G     A 
O God be my everything, be my delight 
     A      Bm      G      A 
Be Jesus my glory, my soul satisfied (2x)
 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante