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Once In Royal Davids City

Hal Leonard
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
Once  in royal David's city, stood a lowly cattle shed
Where  a mother laid her baby in a manger for  his bed
Mary was  that mother mild, Jesus 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 cradle was a stall
 With the poor and meek and lowly, lived on earth our saviour holy
 Jesus is our childhood's pattern, day by day like us he grew
 He was little, weak and helpless, tears and smiles like us he knew
 And he feeleth for our sadness, and he shareth in our gladness
 And our eyes at last shall see him, through his own redeeming love
 For that child so dear and gentle, is our lord in heav'n above
 And he leads his children on, to the place where he is gone.

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Readable chord sheet for Once In Royal Davids City by Hal Leonard

[E]Once in royal David's city, stood a [C#m]lowly [B7]cattle [E]shed
[E]Where a mother laid her baby in a [C#m]manger [B7]for his [D]bed
[A]Mary [E]was that [B7]mother [E]mild, [A]Jesus [E]Christ her [B7]little [E]child

He came down to earth from heaven, who is God and Lord of all
And his shelter was a stable and his cradle was a stall
With the poor and meek and lowly, lived on earth our saviour holy

Jesus is our childhood's pattern, day by day like us he grew
He was little, weak and helpless, tears and smiles like us he knew
And he feeleth for our sadness, and he shareth in our gladness

And our eyes at last shall see him, through his own redeeming love
For that child so dear and gentle, is our lord in heav'n above
And he leads his children on, to the place where he is gone.

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