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About Numbered Notation

Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

Draw me, dear Lord

Longings For Fellowship with Christ

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Draw me, dear Lord.
Draw me today.
From everything else, dear Lord,
Draw me away.
1
O Lord, this whole world
Seems to weigh me down.
All the cares, the strife, the sin,
Within me and all around.
2
But, Lord, I want to set my heart,
And, Lord, I want to stay with You.
’Cause only when You’re near to me
Is everything okay.
3
And though everything may fall apart
Or everything go my way,
It doesn’t really matter, Lord,
As long as I gain You today.

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Lungelo Goodman Ngwenya

Mbabane, Hhohho, Swaziland

Jul 18, 2026

Heb. 10:22

Let us come forward to the Holy of Holies with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

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Anonymous

Jul 6, 2026

Draw me Lord, draw me today

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Mia W

Surrey, BC, Canada

Feb 6, 2026

Draw me, dear Lord.
Draw me today.
From everything else, dear Lord,
Draw me away. Today.

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Nicole Ho

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Oct 16, 2025

Lord, draw me away from the world today. As long as I gain You, nothing else matters.

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Devapriya

Pattukkottai, Tamilnadu, India

Mar 2, 2025

But, Lord, I want to set my heart,
And, Lord, I want to stay with You.
’Cause only when You’re near to me
Is everything okay.

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Jarvis

Gainesville, United States

Dec 7, 2024

Draw me dear Lorddddddd amennnnn Lord Jesusssssss we love youuu amennnnn

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Emman

San Francisco, California, Cambodia

Oct 13, 2024

But, Lord, I choose to set my heart,
And, Lord, I choose to stay with You.
’Cause only when You’re near to me
Is everything okay.
We have a free will! Hallelujah!

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Anonymous

Mar 24, 2024

But, Lord, I choose to set my heart,
And, Lord, I choose to stay with You.
’Cause only when You’re near to me
Is everything okay.
We have a free will! Hallelujah!

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Kenya Neal

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Mar 10, 2024

But, Lord, I want to set my heart,
And, Lord, I want to stay with You.
’Cause only when You’re near to me
Is everything okay.

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Wakuma Tariku

Sheger, Oromia, Ethiopia

Feb 16, 2024

Draw me, dear Lord.
Draw me today.
From everything else, dear Lord,
Draw me away.
Amen! Draw me, dear Lord!

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