I Need Thee Every Hour Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays433

I Need Thee Every Hour by Robert Lowry is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D7, D and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
  G                             C           G 
I need thee ev - ery hour, Most gra - cious Lord.  
   D7                   G         D     A7   D       
No ten - der voice like thine Can peace af - ford.  

 
  G                D 
I need thee, oh, I need thee; 
D7              G              C                G                 D7  G 
Ev - ery hour I need thee! Oh, bless me now, my Sav - ior; I come to thee! 

verse 
  G                          C        G 
I need thee every hour; Stay thou nearby. 
    D7                 G          D     A7   D   
Temptations lose their pow‘r When thou  art  nigh 


  G                D 
I need thee, oh, I need thee; 
D7              G              C                G                 D7  G 
Ev - ery hour I need thee! Oh, bless me now, my Sav - ior; I come to thee! 


verse 
  G                        C      G 
I need thee every hour, In joy or pain. 
     D7          G         D     A7  D       
Come quickly and abide, Or life  is  vain. 

 
  G                D 
I need thee, oh, I need thee; 
D7              G              C                G                 D7  G 
Ev - ery hour I need thee! Oh, bless me now, my Sav - ior; I come to thee! 
 
    	

Chord diagrams

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