What Child Is This chords by The Petersens

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: C minorCm

✝ Intro:

C minorCm


✝ Verse 1:
   C minorCm            Bb majorBb
What Child is this, who laid to rest
  C minorCm        G minorGm
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
   C minorCm             Bb majorBb
Whom angels greet, with anthems sweet
   AbAb    G+G     C minorCm
While shepherds watch are keeping?

✝ Chorus 1:
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
This, this, is Christ the King!
   C minorCm         Gm7Gm7
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
Haste haste to bring Him laud
AbAb    G+G   C minorCm
The babe, the son of Mary.

✝ Verse 2:
  C minorCm         Bb majorBb
So bring Him incense, gold, and myrrh
C minorCm       G minorGm
Come peasant king to own Him;
  C minorCm        Bb majorBb
The King of kings, salvation brings
AbAb   G+G     C minorCm
Let loving hearts enthrone Him.

✝ Chorus 2:
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
Raise, raise a song on high!
  C minorCm        Gm7Gm7
The virgin sings her lullaby;
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
Joy joy for Christ is born
  AbAb    G+G   C minorCm
The Babe, the son of Mary.

✝ Verse 3:
   C minorCm        Bb majorBb
Why, lies He, in such mean estate
C minorCm        G minorGm
Where ox and sheep are feeding?
   C minorCm          Bb majorBb
Good Christian, fear: for sinners here
  AbAb   G+G    C minorCm
The silent Word is pleading.

✝ Chorus 1:
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
This, this, is Christ the King!
   C minorCm          Gm7Gm7
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
Haste, haste to bring Him laud
AbAb    G+G   C minorCm
The babe, the son of Mary.

✝ Chorus 2:
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
Raise, raise a song on high!
  C minorCm        Gm7Gm7
The virgin sings her lullaby;
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
Joy joy for Christ is born
  AbAb    G+G   C minorCm
The Babe, the son of Mary.

✝ Chorus 3:
N.C.
Nails, spears, shall pierce Him through
N.C.
The cross He bore for me for you;
N.C.
Hail, hail, the Word made flesh!
N.C.
Our King, the son of Mary.