Button-Accordion Tunes 2 Play 4 Fun
  • Home
    • Heads-Up
    • Most Recent Tunes
    • Sources - Melody, Chords & Lyrics
  • Search
  • BA-Tut.
    • BA1-Main
    • BA2-Main
  • Info
    • Introduction to Site
    • Intro to youTube
    • Intro to Button Accordions
    • Intro to Accordion Music
    • Basic ACCORDION MUSIC
    • Basic BUTTON LAYOUT
    • Basic NOTATION
    • Basic PRACTICE ideas
    • Intermediate MUSIC
    • Intermediate LAYOUT
    • Intermediate NOTATION
    • Intermediate PRACTICE
    • Advanced MUSIC
    • Advanced LAYOUT
    • Advanced NOTATION
    • Advanced PRACTICE
    • Accordion Links
  • CANADA
    • JIGS & REELS >
      • Auntie Mary
      • Aunt_Rubys_garden
      • I rowed up in a dory
      • Maple-sugar-reel
      • Pretty_little_Mary
      • Up_the_pond
    • NL - newer >
      • Candlelight_and_Wine
      • Fishing_in_a_dory
      • Grey foggy day
      • Joe Batt's Arm longliners
      • Loss of the Marion
      • Music and friends
      • Northern Lights of Labrador
      • Outport people
      • Rose in her hair.
      • Rubber_boots
      • Saltwater joys
      • Song for Newfoundland
      • Sonny's dream
      • Surrounded_by_water
      • Take me to the country
      • The St. John's Waltz
      • This Is My Home
      • Towards_the_sunset
      • Woman of Labrador
    • NL - older >
      • Badger_drive
      • Cliffs of Baccalieu
      • Feller from Fortune
      • Great big sea hove in ...
      • Harbour Le Cou
      • I'se The B'y
      • Jack was every inch a sailor
      • Kelligrew's Soiree
      • Let me fish off Cape St Mary's
      • Lukey's boat
      • Now I'm 64
      • Ode to Newfoundland
      • Old Brown's daughter
      • Old Polina
      • Paddy and the whale
      • Ryans and Pittmans
      • Squid jiggin' ground
      • Star of Logy Bay
      • Sweet forget-me-not
      • Tiny Red Light
    • OTHER - newer >
      • Both_sides_now
      • Did_she_mention_my_name
      • (The) Farmer's Song
      • Four strong winds
      • I'm movin' on
      • Log_drivers_waltz
      • Make_n_Break_Harbour
      • Sea-People
      • Song-for-Mira
      • Working-man
    • OTHER - older >
      • Bluebird
      • Farewell_to_NS
      • Maggie
      • O Canada
      • Peggy Gordon
      • Red River Valley
    • Christmas Songs >
      • (A) Children's Winter
      • Christmas_fancy
      • Christmas in the harbour.
      • Mummers song
      • Old_Christmas_waltz
    • BY "EAR" >
      • Bluebirds_sing
      • Capelin time
      • From an island to an island
      • Land_of_fish_and_seals
      • Light and Power Boys
      • (The) Music takes me back
      • Mussels in the corner
      • Newfoundland_waltz
  • U.S.A.
    • USA - newer >
      • Adios_Amigo
      • Annie's song
      • Ballad of the Green Berets
      • Blowing in the wind
      • Blue eyes crying in the rain
      • Bridge over troubled water
      • Bye bye love
      • Country roads
      • Crystal Chandeliers
      • Four thousand years ago
      • Have I told you lately that I ...
      • I can't stop loving you
      • I overlooked an orchid
      • I recall a gypsy woman
      • I walk the line
      • Me and Bobby McGee
      • Missing in action
      • Moon River
      • Old flames
      • Rambling Rose
      • Ring_of_fire
      • Roses are red my love
      • Send me the pillow ...
      • Try _a_ little_kindness
      • Waltz across Texas
      • What a wonderful world
      • You're my best friend
    • USA - older >
      • America the beautiful
      • Billy_Boy
      • Careless_love
      • Down_in_the_valley
      • Hammer_song
      • Happy Birthday
      • Home_on_the_range
      • My grandfather's clock
      • Oh, what a beautiful morning
      • Old_lamplighter
      • Old_Smokey
      • Shenandoah
      • Star-Spangled Banner
      • Streets of Laredo
      • Tennessee_waltz
      • This land is your land
      • Wabash cannon ball
      • Wildwood flower
      • Worried man blues
      • Yellow_Rose_of_Texas
      • You are my sunshine
    • Christmas Songs >
      • An old Christmas card
      • Frosty the Snowman
      • Here comes Santa Claus
      • Jingle Bells
      • Jolly old St. Nicholas
      • Must be Santa
      • Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
      • Silver Bells
    • BY "EAR" >
      • Edelweiss
      • If I should fall behind
      • Mary Ann regrets
      • Oh so many years
      • You're the nearest thing to Heaven
  • WORLD
    • JIGS & REELS >
      • Irish washerwoman
    • Australia - older >
      • Waltzing_Matilda
    • England - newer >
      • Bread_and_Fishes
      • Fiddler's Green
      • Let it be
      • Let me be there
      • Streets_of_London
      • World_of_our_own
    • England - older >
      • Dirty_old_town
      • Drink to me only ...
      • Girl_I_left_behind
      • It's a long way to Tipperary
      • Long_long_ago
      • Navvy_boots
      • Scarborough Fair
    • Germany- newer >
      • A_little_peace
    • Germany- older >
      • Brahms_lullaby
    • Ireland - newer >
      • After all these years
      • (The) Ferryman
      • Fields of Athenry
      • Gypsy Rover
      • My lovely Rose of Clare
      • Nancy Spain
      • Roads of Kildare
      • Rose of Mooncoin
      • Town_of_Ballybay
    • Ireland - older >
      • Black velvet band
      • Come back Paddy Reillly
      • Danny Boy
      • Galway Bay
      • Galway Shawl
      • Irish washerwoman
      • Maid in the Garrett
      • Molly Malone
      • My wild Irish Rose
      • Red_is_the_rose
      • Rose of Aranmore
      • Wild_Colonial_Boy
      • Wild Rover
    • Norway >
      • You_raise_me_up
    • Scotland - newer >
      • Come by the hills
      • It's a dream come true
      • Mull of Kintyre
      • We'll meet again my friends
    • Scotland -older >
      • Auld Lang Syne - New Year's
      • Cock o the North /Aunt Mary
      • Loch_Lomond
      • Miari's Wedding
      • My_Bonnie
      • Road to the isles
      • Wild mountain thyme
    • Wales-older >
      • The Ash Grove
      • Sweet_Jenny_Jones
    • Mixed origins >
      • Jolly good fellow
    • Christmas Songs >
      • Christmas in Killarney
      • Deck the hall
      • Good_King_Wenceslas
      • We wish you a Merry Christmas
    • BY "EAR" >
      • Among the Wicklow Hills
      • Hills of Glenshee
      • In an Irish country home
      • It's good to see you
      • Love me when I'm old ...
      • My homeland
      • The little shirt my Mother made for me
      • Going out the same way you came in
  • GOSPEL
    • Songs - newer >
      • Because He lives
      • God on the mountain
      • He touched me
      • I_know_who_holds_tomorrow
      • It is no secret
      • May_the_Good_Lord_bless
      • Millenium Prayer
      • One day at a time
      • 'Till the storm passes by
      • Unclouded Day
      • Will you walk with me
      • Wings of a dove
    • Songs - older >
      • Beautiful isle of somewhere
      • Church in the wildwood
      • Count your blessings
      • Do Lord
      • Give me oil for my lamp
      • Higher ground
      • How beautiful Heaven must be
      • I'll fly away
      • In the sweet by and by
      • Just a closer walk with Thee
      • Keep on the Sunny Side
      • Kum ba yah
      • Let_the_lower_lights
      • Life is like a mountain railroad
      • Mine eyes have seen the glory
      • Precious memories
      • Shall we gather at the river
      • Standing in the need of prayer
      • Stranger of Galilee
      • When the roll is called up yonder
      • When the Saints go marching in
      • Whispering hope
    • Hymns - newer >
      • Give_to_us_laughter
      • Here I am Lord
      • How great Thou art
      • Jesus you have come to the lakeshore
      • Morning has broken
      • Pass it on
      • Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness
    • Hymns -older >
      • All people that on earth
      • Amazing Grace
      • Be Thou My Vision
      • Blessed_Assurance
      • Crown_Him_with_many_crowns
      • For_the_beauty
      • In the garden
      • I love to tell the story
      • Immortal_invisible
      • Jesus loves me
      • Joyful, joyful, We ...
      • Precious_Lord_take_my_hand
      • Softly and tenderly
      • Take time to be holy
      • We love the place O God
      • What a Friend we have in Jesus
      • Will your anchor hold
      • Wonderful_words_of_life
    • Christmas Carols >
      • Away in a manger (JRM)
      • Away in a manger (WJK)
      • The First Noel
      • The friendly beasts
      • Go, tell it on the mountain
      • Hark the herald angels sing
      • I heard the bells (Marks)
      • I saw three ships
      • Joy to the world
      • Mary's Little Boy Child
      • O come, all ye faithful
      • O little town of Bethlehem
      • Silent Night
      • When a child is born
    • BY "EAR" >
      • Lord, don't give up on me
  • KIDS
    • Billy_Boy
    • BINGO
    • Frere Jacques
    • If you're happy
    • London_Bridge
    • Mary had a little lamb
    • Twinkle little star
    • Where has my little dog gone

BE  THOU  MY  VISION

Time signature:  3/4
The tempo can be slow or moderate (seldom fast)

Traditional Irish
Accordion Notation
Beats per bar =  3
Beat symbol =   Dot ( . )  or equivalent     
Either row (high):  Buttons  ​5 - 10* 
Inside row (low):   Buttons  2 - 6  plus o3*

Verse 1 (of 3)


 .6     .6     "7* "6   |    .5*    .5      "5   "5*    |    .6   .6   .7*   |   .:7      |   
 .3     .3     "3* "3   |   .o3*   .2      "2  "o3*   |    .3   .3   .3*   |   .:4      |   
Be  thou     my__       vis  - ion,     oh___         joy  of   my      heart, /

    .7*     .7*   .7*   |   .7*   .7   .8   |    .9*     .8     .7    |   .:8      |    
    .3*     .3*   .3*   |   .3*   .4   .5   |    .5*     .5     .4    |   .:5      |           
Naught  be  all        else  to  me,    save  that  thou      art;   /

  .9*     "9*  "10*     "9  "10*   |    .9*   .8     .7   |   .8    .6   .6*   |    :5*    .5     |     
  .5*     "5*   "6*      "6   "6*    |    .5*   .5     .4   |   .5    .3   .2*   |   :o3*   .2     |    
Thou     my___       best___       thought     by     day and  by        night__,  /


  .6   .7     .8    |    "9* "8     .7      "6  "7    |   .7*    .6      '"6  '6*    |   .:6      |      
  .3   .4     .5    |    "5* "5     .4      "3  "4    |   .3*    .3      "'3  '2*    |   .:3      |  
Wak-ing  and      sleep__-  ing,    thy__       pres-ence    my__       light. 
 /



Embedded youTube VIDEOS

'Key:  D

Tempo:  ~ bpm

Singer:  Robin Mark

​Posted by:  Evolsiay Tulip

From time 0 to 3:32;  after that a series of reels.

Key:  A 


Tempo:  ~ bpm

Accordionist:  Paddy Callaghan 

​Posted by:  ​Fleadh Live

The tune begins at time 0:23 and runs to 3:32, with a slightly different rhythm than that given in the notation above.  A great interpretation by Paddy.

Key:   F

Tempo:  ~ bpm

Group:  King's College Choir

​Posted by:  Jonesmclaren

Key:  Eb   from time 0 to 1:46
​         C     from 1:47 to end
​         
Tempo: ~ bpm

Singer:  
​
​Group:  Selah


Posted by:  wakeamy

Key:  Bb
​
Tempo:  ~ bpm

Group:   4Him - Andy Chrisman, Kirk Sullivan,
​              Mark Harris, Marty Magehee


Posted by: Renee Parsons
​

Key:  D

Tempo:  ~ bpm.

Singer:  Alison Krauss

Posted by: dahliacorona



Key:  Bb

Tempo:  ~ bpm

Group:  David Arkenstone ?
​
Singer:  Kathleen Fisher

​Posted by:  kasiappp111

Key:   F  from time  0  to  2:20
​          G  from  2:21 to end

Tempo:  ~ bpm.

Singers:  Irish Tenors 

Posted by:  Emperor Caligula

Rhythm is slightly different from that given for the above accordion notation.


Key:    C 
​
Tempo:  ~ bpm

Singer:   ?

​Posted by:  pastorloran

At certain points, the singer embelleshes the hymn, departing from the lyrics and rhythm given above.

​

Key:  Eb

Tempo:  ~ bpm

Accordionist:  ?

Posted by:  FromHolbergsTime

Key:  Eb  from time 0 to  2:24
​         F    from 2:25 to end
​

Tempo:  ~ bpm

Pianist:  Kaleb Brasee ?

Posted by: Kaleb Brasee

Playing follows the notation above for the verses (as shown on screen), but the interludes between verses are different.

Key:  D

​Tempo:  ~ bpm

Performers: Jordan Wei (piano)
                    Daniel Ang (cello)

​Posted by:  YMI.TODAY

Background Materials, Information & Links

​Lyrics:

Source: 
Voices United #642


Be thou my vision, oh joy of my heart,
Naught be all else to me, save that thou art;
Thou my best thought, by day and by night,
Waking and sleeping, thy presence my light.

Be thou my wisdom, my calm in all strife,
I ever with thee and Thou in my life;
Thou loving parent, thy child may I be;
Be thou in me dwelling, and I one with Thee.

Be thou my battle shield, sword for the fight;
Be thou my dignity, thou my delight;
Be thou my soul's shelter, be thou my strong tower:
Oh raise thou me heavenward, oh power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor vain empty praise:
Be thou mine inheritance now and always;
Be thou and thou only the first in my heart;
Oh Great God of heaven, my treasure thou art.

Great God of heaven, after victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys,  oh bright heaven's sun.
Great Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be thou my vision, oh Ruler of all

​​



Guitar Chords
Key of G
Key of C

(for verses 1,2, 4, & 5)


For keys other
than C & G, Use
CAPO.


Chord Source.

Verse 1

G                     Em              C               G

C                     Am              F                C
Be Thou my   vis-ion O   Joy of my   heart

D                        Em                C                          D
G                        Am                F                          G
Nought be all   else to me,    save that Thou   art

Em                     G                    Em             C
Am                     C                    Am             F
Thou my best   thought, by   day or by   night

G                  Em                      C              D7     G
C                  Am                      F              G7     C
Waking or   sleep-ing, Thy   presence my     light.

Verse 2

G                     Em                   C                  G
C                     Am                   F                  C
Be Thou my   wis-dom, My   calm in all   strife;

D          Em                       C                   D
G          Am                       F                   G
I ever   with Thee, and   Thou in my   life;

Em                  G                    Em               C
Am                  C                    Am               F
Thou loving   par-ent, thy   child may I   be;

G                    Em                    C        D7      G
C                    Am                    F        G7      C
Thou in me   dwel-ling, and   I one with    thee.
 
Verse 4

G               Em                     C                  G
C               Am                     F                   C
Riches I   heed not, nor   vain empty   praise

D                     Em                 C                 D
G                     Am                F                  G
Thou mine in-her-i-tance   now and al-ways

Em                        G                Em              C
Am                        C                Am              F
Thou and Thou   on-ly, the   first in my   heart

G                       Em                  C               D7      G
C                       Am                  F               G7      C
Great God of   heav-en, my   trea-sure Thou   art


Verse 5

G                       Em                C                 G
C                       Am                F                  C
Great God of   hea-ven,  af-ter victory   won,

D                    Em                       C                               D
G                    Am                       F                               G
May I reach   hea-ven's joys,   O bright heaven's   Sun!

Em                  G                        Em           C
Am                  C                        Am           F
Heart of my   own heart, what-ev-er be-fall,

G                   Em              C        D7    G
C                   Am              F        G7    C
Still be my   vis-ion, O   Rul-er of     all.


Background Link:
Click HERE for additional info about this hymn.   (wikipedia)



NOTE  1 - Copyright:
​Most of 
the contents of this site, in print, audio and video formats, is "copyright" protected.   
Users are responsible for ensuring that their usage is permitted by Canadian and international copyright law and agreements.  Check the Heads-Up (Read & Heed) button on the home page for additional information.

NOTE 2 - Composers, Performers & Publishers:
Though not revenue generating
, this non-profit educational site high-lights and celebrates some of my favorite composers, performers, and publishers, and encourages you to purchase their products, as I have done and continue to do, whether in paper, CD or electronic formats.
​

DISCLAIMER 1:  Browser Compatibility:
This site has been tested on the 2020 Chrome, Edge and Brave browsers without problem.  However my current (January 2021) Firefox browser does not always properly align the button notes with its corresponding lyrics.

DISCLAIMER 2 - Errors & Omissions:
Many of these tune pages are still in early stages of development, probably with many errors and omissions.  Make corrections as needed.

Copyright © 2015