What Child Is This? chords
by Wesley/Whitefield/Mendelssohn/Cummings · Key Fm · 72 BPM
Verse 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.