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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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Gabriel Agraz

San Jose, CA, United States

Jan 14, 2024

Lord draw us today! From the world!

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Chason Cai

DunnLoring, Virginia, United States

Jan 14, 2024

Amen

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Maisha Parkar

Pflugerville, Texas, United States

Sep 9, 2023

As long as I gain You TODAY!!! Hallelujah!!

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Jesus Lover

Singapore

Jul 22, 2023

Amen

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As

United Kingdom

Mar 10, 2023

I really love simplicity and accuracy with which this hymn describes my usual daily experience... this whole world, all the cares, the strife and the sin, within me and all around, seem to weigh me down... Sometimes there are these days when everything falls apart, another time everything seems good and going my way but suddenly, in the midst of the day, when by grace I stop my being for a moment- I find myself away from Him, drained and hollow. Then this hymn serves as a prayer: Draw me, dear Lord. Draw me today, right now and here, draw me away from everything. Lord, I want to stay with You. Cause only when you're near to me is everything ok...

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Anonymous

Oct 24, 2022

Draw Me every day Lord!

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Joanna

Baton Rouge, LA, United States

Apr 26, 2022

Song of Songs 1:4. Draw me dear Lord, we will run after You……. rightly do they love You. Father keep us centered on You, in Your presence.

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Ben

Charlotte, NC, United States

Sep 18, 2021

I love this song so much! Praise the Lord!

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Anonymous

Sep 18, 2021

Draw me dear Lord!

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Maria Levi

Los Angeles, California, United States

May 13, 2021

Draw me, dear Lord; we will run after You! Draw me to You more today and everyday. I want to set my heart towards You, away from anything else. Guard my heart dear Lord, by keeping it with all vigilance; for from it are the issues of life-- the fellowship of life, the sense of life, the law of the Spirit of life and the anointing of the Triune-God!"

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