Be Thou My Vision Chords
by Eleanor Hull
Be Thou My Vision by Eleanor Hull is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, C/Eb, Am, Em and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C F C
Be thou my vision, oh Lord of my heart
G F G
Naught be all else to me, save that thou art
F C/Eb Am F G
Thou my best thought, by day or by night
Am Em G C
Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light
C F C
Be thou my wisdon and thou my true word
G F G
I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord
F C/Eb Am F G
Thou my great Father, and I thy true son
Am Em F G C
Thou in my dwelling, and I with thee one
C F C
Riches I need not, nor man?s empty praise
G F G
Thou mine inheritance, now and always
F C/Eb Am F G
Thou and thou only, first in my heart
Am Em F G C
High King of heaven, my treasure thou art
C F C
High King of heaven, my victory won
G F G
May I reach heaven?s joys, O bright heaven?s sun
F C/Eb Am F G
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall
Am Em F G C
Still be my vision, O ruler of all
An 8th Century Irish Poem
Translated by Mary Byrne (1880-1931)
Versified by Eleanor Hull (1860-1935)
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