Once In Royal David's City Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Em]Once[Bm] in[C][G]
royal David's city
Stood [Bm]a lowly [C]cattle [G]shed
Where a mother laid her baby
In a [Bm]manger [G]for his bed.
Mary [C]was [G]that mot[C]her mil[G]d,
[C]Jesus [G]Christ her little child.
He came down to earth from heaven,
Who is God and Lord of all.
And His shelter was a stable,
And His [Bm]cradle [G]was a stool.
[C]With [G]the poor and [C]needy [G]and lowly,
[C]Lived on [G]earth our Saviour holy.
And through all his wondrous childhood
He [C]would [Bm]honor an[G]d obey,
Love and watch the lowly maiden,
In [Bm]whose gentle [G]arms he lay.
Christi[C]an chil[G]dren all [C]must [G]be
[C]Mild, [G]obedient, [C]good [G]as he.
For years our childhoods patterned,
Day by day like us he grew.
He was little, weak, and helpless,
tears an[Bm]d smiles like [G]hearts He knew.
An[C]d He f[G]eeleth f[C]or o[G]ur sadness,
[C]and [G]He shareth in our gladness.
And our eyes at last shall see him
through his [Bm]own re[G]deeming love.
For that child so dear and gentle
is our [Bm]Lord from [G]heaven above.
And [C]he [G]leads his chil[C]dren [G]on
To [C]the [G]place where he is gone.
Not in that poor lowly stable,
With the oxen standing by,
We shall see him, but in heaven,
Set at [Bm]God's [G]right hand on high.
[C]When, [G]stars, his children crumb,
All in white shall wait [G]around.