Once In Royal Davids City chords by Gauntlett And Alexander

Once In Royal David's City chords
H. Gauntlett / C. Alexander 1849

G  D7 G   C    D7 G
Once in royal David's city,
    Em  D7   G
stood a lowly cattle shed
D7   G   C    G
Where a mother laid her Baby,
   Em   D7   G
in a manger for His bed
C  G    Am   G
Mary was that mother mild,
C   G      D7   G
Jesus Christ, her little Child.

G D7  G    C     D7 G
He came down to earth from heaven,
    Em   D7   G
who is God and Lord of all
D7   G    C   G
And His shelter was a stable,
    Em   D7  G
and His cradle was a stall
C    G     Am    G
With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
C    G     D7   G
lived on earth our Savior holy.

G  D7   G    C    D7  G
And, through all His wondrous childhood,
     Em  D7  G
he would honor and obey
D7    G     C   G
Love and watch the lowly maiden,
     Em   D7   G
in whose gentle arms He lay
C     G    Am    G
Christian children all must be,
C   G    D7   G
mild, obedient, good as He.

G  D7 G   C      D7 G
For He is our childhood's pattern;
    Em    D7   G
day by day, like us, He grew
D7   G    C     G
He was little, weak, and helpless,
     Em   D7     G
tears and smiles, like us He knew
C   G     Am   G
And He cares when we are sad,
C   G      D7   G
and he shares when we are glad.

G  D7 G    C     D7 G
And our eyes at last shall see Him,
      Em  D7   G
through His own redeeming love
D7    G    C    G
For that Child so dear and gentle,
    Em   D7   G
is our Lord in heaven above
C   G     Am    G
And He leads His children on,
C   G      D7  G
to the place where He is gone.


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