Aberystwyth

                        Aberystwyth

Charles Wesley, 1707-1788            Joseph Parry, 1841-1903
                                       Mandolin tablature by 
                                    Elizabeth T. Knuth, 1998

Key: E minor

Smoothly, moderately.  Tempo about 84.


E--||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
A--||--4:-----------------0--2----|--------------------------|
D--||--4:--2-----2--4--5----------|--5-----4-----2-----------|
G--||-----------------------------|--4-----------0-----------|
           |     |__|  |__|  |       |     |     |     |
          
          Je  -  sus,  lov- er      of    my   soul,


|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5-----4-----2-----1-----|--2--4--5-----4-----------|
|--------------------------|--------------4-----------|
   |     |     |     |        |__|  |     |     |

  Let   me    to    thy       bos - om   fly,


|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------0--2-----|--------------------------|
|--2-----2--4--5-----------|--5-----4-----2-----------|
|--0-----------------------|--4-----------0-----------|
   |     |__|  |__|  |        |     |     |     |

 While   the   near- er      wa - ters   roll,


|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------0--2-----0-----|--------------------------|
|--4-----5-----0-----------|--5-----4-----2-----------|
|--4-----------0-----------|--4-----------0-----------|
   |     |__|  |     |        |     |     |     |

 While   the  tem - pest    still  is   high:


|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------2--0--------------|
|--2-----0-----2-----4-----|--5-----0-----5-----------|
|--0-----------0-----------|--------------------------|
   |     |     |     |        |     |__|  |     |

 Hide   me,    O    my       Sav -  ior, hide,

 
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------0-----|--2-----5--4--2-----------|
|--5-----4-----5-----4-----|--0-----------0-----------|
|--4-----4-----------------|--0-----------------------|
   |     |     |     |        |     |__|  |     |

   Till the  storm  of      life     is  past;


|--0-----0-----------------|--------------------------|
|--------------5-----2-----|--------0-----2-----------|
|--------------5-----0-----|--5-----2-----------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
   |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |

 Safe   in  - to    the      ha  - ven  guide;


|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------0--2-----|--------------------------||
|--2-----2--4--5-----------|--5-----4-----2-----------||
|--------------------------|--4-----------0-----------||
   |     |__|  |__|  |        |     |     |     |

   O      re - ceive my     soul   at   last!

Meter: 7.7.7.D

The top notes are the melody. This pleasant tune has a classical feel, and is in the public domain in the United States. Since the only thing I have ever heard sung to the tune of Aberystwyth is Charles Wesley's "Jesus, Lover of My Soul", I included the lyrics for the first verse.

If you like, you can hear a MIDI file of "Aberystwyth".

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