Once In Royal Davids City chords

ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY

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This is not the original key of the carol, but these chords can be used relative to a

 capo or transposed.

 

CAPO 8 for original key of G.

CAPO 4 to play in E, which is easier to sing for males.

 

 

C    G7 C     F       G7   C

Once in royal David s ci - ty,

C    G/B Am    Dm    G7  C

Stood a  lowly cat - tle shed

      G7  C    F        G7   C

Where a mother laid her Ba - by,

C    G7  Am     Dm  G7  C

in   a   manger for His bed

F    C/E      Dm     C

Mary was that mother mild,

F     C/E         G7     C

Jesus Christ, her little Child.

 

C  G7   C       F          G7  C

He came down to earth from heaven,

C   G/B Am     Dm   G7 C

Who is God and Lord of all,

G7      C       F     G7  C

And His shelter was a stable,

C   G7  Am     Dm  G7  C

And His cradle was a stall:

F        C/E       Dm        C

With the poor, and mean, and lowly,

F        C/E       G7      C

Lived on earth our Saviour holy.

 

C   G7 C      F           G7  C

For He is our childhood's pattern;

C   G/B Am       Dm  G7 C

Day by day, like us, He grew;

G7     C       F         G7  C

He was little, weak, and helpless,

C     G7  Am           Dm G7 C

Tears and smiles, like us He knew;

F      C/E        Dm     C

And He cares when we are sad,

F      C/E         G7     C

And he shares when we are glad.

 

C   G7  C       F          G7  C

And our eyes at last shall see Him,

C       G/B Am    Dm  G7  C

Through His own redeeming love;

G7       C        F        G7  C

For that Child so dear and gentle,

C  G7  Am      Dm G7  C

Is our Lord in heaven above:

F      C/E       Dm       C

And He leads His children on,

F      C/E         G7     C

To the place where He is gone.