What Child Is This?
by Wesley/Whitefield/Mendelssohn/Cummings
Key: Fm
Original Key: Fm
0
Capo
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Books: All Songs
Section 1:
What
Fm7
Child is
Bb7
this, who,
EbMaj7
laid to
AbMaj7
rest,
On
DbMaj7
Mary's
Dm7(b5)
lap
G7
is
C7(b9)
sleeping?
Whom
Fm7
angels
Bb7
greet with
EbMaj7
anthems
AbMaj7
sweet,
While
DbMaj7
shepherds
C7
watch are
Fm7
keeping?
Chorus:
AbMaj7
This,
Am7(b5)
this
Dm7(b5)
is
Gm7
Christ,
G7
the
Cm7
King,
Whom
AbMaj7
shepherds
Dm7(b5)
guard
G7
and
C7
angels sing:
AbMaj7
Haste,
Am7(b5)
haste
Dm7(b5)
to
Gm7
bring
G7
Him
Cm7
laud,
The
Db7
Babe, the
C7
Son of
Fm7
Mary!
Verse 2:
Why lies He in such mean estate,
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian, fear: for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.
Chorus
Verse 3:
So bring Him incense, gold, and myrrh,
Come, peasant, king to own Him.
The King of kings salvation brings;
Let loving hearts enthrone Him.