{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1062135,"song":"Once In Royal Davids City","artist":"Misc Christmas","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11235297-once-in-royal-davids-city-chords-by-misc-christmas/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1062135?type=chord","rating":4.65707,"votes":78,"content":"Once In Royal David s City chords\r\nH. Gauntlett / C. Alexander 1849\r\n\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_in_Royal_David%27s_City\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnce in royal David s city,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstood a lowly cattle shed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere a mother laid her Baby,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin a manger for His bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMary was that mother mild,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJesus Christ, her little Child.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe came down to earth from heaven,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwho is God and Lord of all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd His shelter was a stable,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand His cradle was a stall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the poor, and mean, and lowly,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlived on earth our Savior holy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd, through all His wondrous childhood,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe would honor and obey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLove and watch the lowly maiden,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin whose gentle arms He lay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChristian children all must be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmild, obedient, good as He.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor He is our childhood's pattern;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nday by day, like us, He grew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was little, weak, and helpless,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\ntears and smiles, like us He knew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd He cares when we are sad,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand he shares when we are glad.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd our eyes at last shall see Him,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthrough His own redeeming love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor that Child so dear and gentle,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nis our Lord in heaven above[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd He leads His children on,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto the place where He is gone.[/tab]\r\n\r\nSet8","plain_text":"Once In Royal David s City chords\nH. Gauntlett / C. Alexander 1849\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_in_Royal_David%27s_City\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSet8","chords":["C","G","D7","Em","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}