[ Предположительная тональность: C ] ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY -------------------------- This is not the original key of the carol, but these chords can be used relative to a capo or transposed. CAPO 8 for original key of G. CAPO 4 to play in E, which is easier to sing for males. C G7 C F G7 C Once in royal David s ci - ty, C G/B Am Dm G7 C Stood a lowly cat - tle shed G7 C F G7 C Where a mother laid her Ba - by, C G7 Am Dm G7 C in a manger for His bed F C/E Dm C Mary was that mother mild, F C/E G7 C Jesus Christ, her little Child. C G7 C F G7 C He came down to earth from heaven, C G/B Am Dm G7 C Who is God and Lord of all, G7 C F G7 C And His shelter was a stable, C G7 Am Dm G7 C And His cradle was a stall: F C/E Dm C With the poor, and mean, and lowly, F C/E G7 C Lived on earth our Saviour holy. C G7 C F G7 C For He is our childhood's pattern; C G/B Am Dm G7 C Day by day, like us, He grew; G7 C F G7 C He was little, weak, and helpless, C G7 Am Dm G7 C Tears and smiles, like us He knew; F C/E Dm C And He cares when we are sad, F C/E G7 C And he shares when we are glad. C G7 C F G7 C And our eyes at last shall see Him, C G/B Am Dm G7 C Through His own redeeming love; G7 C F G7 C For that Child so dear and gentle, C G7 Am Dm G7 C Is our Lord in heaven above: F C/E Dm C And He leads His children on, F C/E G7 C To the place where He is gone.