Once In Royal Davids City chords by Cecil Frances Alexander

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
G7G7   C majorC   D7D7    G7G7 C majorC
Once in roy-al Da-vid's cit-y
    G+G C majorC  FF  G+G  C majorC
Stood a low-ly cat-tle shed,
G7G7   C majorC   D7D7    G7G7  C majorC
Where a mother laid her ba - by
   G+G C majorC  FF  G+G  C majorC
In a man-ger for His bed.
FF  C majorC    DmDm  G7G7 C majorC
Mary was that moth-er mild,
FF   C majorC     FF  G7G7 C majorC
Jesus Christ her lit-tle Child.

Verse 2:
G7G7   C majorC   D7D7     G7G7  C majorC
He came down to earth from heav-en,
    G+G C majorC  FF  G+G C majorC
Who is God and Lord of all,
G7G7   C majorC    D7D7  G7G7 C majorC
And His shelter was a sta-ble,
    G+G C majorC  FF  G+G C majorC
And His cra-dle was a stall;
FF    C majorC     DmDm  G7G7 C majorC
With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
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Lived on earth our Sav-ior holy.


Verse 3:
G7G7     C majorC    D7D7    G7G7  C majorC
And through all His wondrous child-hood
     G+G C majorC  FF  G+G  C majorC
He would hon-or and o-bey,
G7G7    C majorC     D7D7  G7G7  C majorC
Love and watch the lowly maid-en,
     G+G C majorC  FF  G+G C majorC
In whose gen-tle arms He lay:
FF     C majorC    DmDm G7G7  C majorC
Christian children all must be
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Kild, obedient, good as He.


Verse 4:
G7G7   C majorC   D7D7     G7G7 C majorC
For he is our childhood's pat-tern;
    G+G  C majorC   FF G+G C majorC
Day by day, like us He grew;
G7G7   C majorC   D7D7    G7G7  C majorC
He was little, weak and help-less,
     G+G   C majorC  FF G+G C majorC
Tears and smiles like us He knew;
FF   C majorC     DmDm G7G7 C majorC
And He feels for all our sadness,
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And He shares in all our gladness.


Verse 5:
G7G7   C majorC   D7D7     G7G7 C majorC
And our eyes at last shall see Him,
      G+G C majorC  FF  G+G  C majorC
Through His own re-deem-ing love;
 G7G7   C majorC    D7D7    G7G7  C majorC
For that Child so dear and gen-tle
    G+G  C majorC  FF   G+G  C majorC
Is our Lord in heaven a-bove,
FF   C majorC     DmDm  G7G7  C majorC
And He leads His chil-dren on
FF   C majorC      FF G7G7 C majorC
To the place where He is gone.