Verse 1
F
Once in royal David's city stood
A lowly cattle shed where a mother laid her baby
Bb F/A
In a manger for His bed, Mary was that
Gm F Bb F/A C F Bb
Mother mild, Jesus Christ her little Child
Verse 2
F C
He came down to earth from heaven,
F Bb/D F C F
Who is God and Lord of all,
F C
And his shelter was a stable,
F/A Bb C F
And his cradle was a stall
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With the poor and mean and lowly,
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Lived on earth our Saviour holy.
Verse 3
F C
And our eyes at last shall see Him,
F Bb/D F C F
Through His own redeeming love;
F C
For that Child, so dear and gentle,
F/A Bb C F
Is our Lord in heaven above;
Bb F/A Gm F
And He leads His children on,
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To the place where He is gone.
Verse 4
F C
Not in that poor lowly stable,
F Bb/D F C F
With the oxen standing by,
F C
We shall see Him, but in heaven,
F/A Bb C F
Set at God's right hand on high;
Bb F/A Gm F
When like stars His children crowned,
Bb F/A F C F
All in white shall wait around.
Bb F/A Gm F
When like stars His children crowned,
Bb F/A C F Bb
All in white shall wait around.
Chorus
F Gm7 Dm7 Bb F/A Gm7
And You You are You are God. You are God, God, God