{"id":563,"date":"2021-05-10T04:10:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=563"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:09:04","slug":"just-a-closer-walk-with-thee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/just-a-closer-walk-with-thee\/","title":{"rendered":"Just a Closer Walk with Thee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/C\/CH major.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"151\" align=\"right\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/D\/CH major.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"151\" align=\"right\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/G\/CH major.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"151\" align=\"right\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Old Spiritual &#8211; Key of C<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea79ac234ca0035055048' value='69ea79ac234ca0035055048'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea79ac234ca0035055048' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea79ac234ca0035055048' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea79ac234ca0035055048' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">Show More<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea79ac234ca0035055048' ><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">The first known recording was by the Selah Jubilee Singers on October 8, 1941, (Decca Records 7872) New York City; with Thurman Ruth and John Ford lead vocal; Fred Baker, lead baritone; Monroe Clark, baritone; J. B. Nelson, bass vocal; and Fred Baker on guitar.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>[G] I am weak but Thou art [D] strong.\u00a0\u00a0 [D7] Jesus keep me from all [G] wrong.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be [G7] satisfied as [C] long\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As I [G] walk, Dear [D] Lord, close to [G] Thee.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/A\/CH%207th.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"151\" align=\"right\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/D\/CH%207th.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"151\" align=\"right\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/G\/CH%207th.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"151\" align=\"right\" \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>{ CHORUS }<br \/>\n<\/em>[G] Just a closer walk with [D] Thee<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>[D7] Grant it, Jesus, is my [G] plea<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>[G7] Daily walking close to [C] Thee [A7]<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Let it [G] be, dear [D] Lord, let it [G] be<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Through this world of toils and snares.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong> \u00a0 If I falter Lord, who cares?<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong> \u00a0 Who with me my burden shares?<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong> \u00a0 None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>{ CHORUS }<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>When my feeble life is o&#8217;er, a<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>nd time for me will be no more<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Guide me gently, safely o&#8217;er,\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>to Thy kingdom, dear Lord, to Thy shore<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"> 219. JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE<br \/>\n_________________________________1885<br \/>\nI AM WEAK, BUT THOU ART STRONG.<br \/>\nJESUS, KEEP ME FROM ALL WRONG.<br \/>\nI&#8217;LL BE SATISFIED AS LONG AS I WALK,<br \/>\nLET ME WALK CLOSE TO THEE.<br \/>\nCHORUS<br \/>\nJUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE,<br \/>\nGRANT IT, JESUS, IS MY PLEA.<br \/>\nDAILY WALKING CLOSE TO THEE,<br \/>\nLET IT BE, DEAR LORD, LET IT BE.<br \/>\nTHROUGH THIS WORLD OF TOIL AND SNARES,<br \/>\nIF I FALTER, LORD, WHO CARES?<br \/>\nWHO WITH ME MY BURDEN SHARES?<br \/>\nNONE BUT THEE, DEAR LORD,<br \/>\nNONE BUT THEE.<br \/>\nREPEAT CHORUS<br \/>\nWHEN MY FEEBLE LIFE IS O\u2019ER,<br \/>\nTIME FOR ME WILL BE NO MORE.<br \/>\nGUIDE ME GENTLY, SAFELY O\u2019ER<br \/>\nTO THY KINGDOM SHORE, TO THY SHORE.<br \/>\nREPEAT CHORUS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old Spiritual &#8211; Key of C &nbsp; [G] I am weak but Thou art [D] strong.\u00a0\u00a0 [D7] Jesus keep me from all [G] wrong.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be [G7] satisfied as [C] long\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As I [G] walk, Dear [D] Lord, close to [G] Thee. { CHORUS } [G] Just a closer walk &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/just-a-closer-walk-with-thee\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Just a Closer Walk with Thee<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,133,126,59,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-chords","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-elvis","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}