C♯ G♯/B♯ A♯m F♯ F♯/A♯ C♯
Nearer, still nearer close to Thy heart,
F♯ C♯ A♯m D♯ D♯7 G♯
Draw me, my Savior, so pre-cious thou art;
C♯ G♯/B♯ C♯ F♯ G♯/F♯ C♯/E♯ G♯ G♯7
Fold me, O fold me close to Thy breast,
A♯m C♯maj7 F♯ C♯ G♯ G♯7/B♯ C♯
Shelter me safe in that Haven of Rest
F♯ G♯/F♯ F♯ C♯/G♯ D♯7-5/A C♯/G♯ E♯m/G♯ G♯7 C♯
Shelter me safe in that Ha - ven of Rest
C♯ G♯/B♯ A♯m F♯ F♯/A♯ C♯
Nearer, still nearer, no - thing I bring,
F♯ C♯ A♯m D♯ D♯7 G♯
Naught as an offering to Je - sus, my King;
C♯ G♯/B♯ C♯ F♯ G♯/F♯ C♯/E♯ G♯ G♯7
Only my sin - ful, now con - trite heart,
A♯m C♯maj7 F♯ C♯ G♯ G♯7/B♯ C♯
Grant me the cleansing Thy blood doth im - part,
F♯ G♯/F♯ F♯ C♯/G♯ D♯7-5/A C♯/G♯ E♯m/G♯ G♯7 C♯
Grant me the cleansing Thy blood doth im - part.
C♯ G♯/B♯ A♯m F♯ F♯/A♯ C♯
Nearer, still nearer, Lord, to be Thine!
F♯ C♯ A♯m D♯ D♯7 G♯
Sin, with its follies, I gla - dly re - sign,
C♯ G♯/B♯C♯ F♯ G♯/F♯ C♯/E♯ G♯ G♯7
All of its pleasures, pomp and its pride,
A♯m C♯maj7 F♯ C♯ G♯ G♯7/B♯ C♯
Give me but Jesus, my Lord, crucif - ied,
F♯ G♯/F♯ F♯ C♯/G♯ D♯7-5/A C♯/G♯ E♯m/G♯ G♯7 C♯
Give me but Je - sus, my Lord, cru - ci - fied.
C♯ G♯/B♯ A♯m F♯ F♯/A♯ C♯
Nearer, still nearer, while life shall last,
F♯ C♯ A♯m D♯ D♯7 G♯
'Til safe in glory my an - chor is cast;
C♯ G♯/B♯ C♯ F♯ G♯/F♯ C♯/E♯ G♯ G♯7
Through endless ag - es, ev - er to be,
A♯m C♯maj7 F♯ C♯ G♯ G♯7/B♯ C♯
Nea - rer, my Savior, still nearer to Thee,
F♯ G♯/F♯ F♯ C♯/G♯ D♯7-5/A C♯/G♯ E♯m/G♯ G♯7 C♯
Nearer, my Sa - vior, still nea - rer to Thee.