Misc Christmas – Child Of The Poor What Child Is This (Guitar)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: C1, CC, W1, WC, C2, CC, W2, WC, C3/W3, CC/WC Sing the two verse 3s and the following choruses in unison CotP Verse 1:
  Em          G        D
Helpless and hungry, lowly afraid,

  Em            C            B
Wrapped in the chill of mid-winter

  Em        G        D                     Em
Comes now among us, born into poverty's embrace,

     B             Em
New life for the world
CotP Chorus:
 Em      G                       D                   C
Who is this who lives with the lowly, Sharing their sorrows,

 C              B
Knowing their hunger? 

         G                        D
This is Christ, revealed to the world

                  Em        B           Em           
In the eyes of a child, a child of the poor.
Cmaj7 D Em WCiT Verse 1:
       Em      G           D
What child is this, who, laid to rest,

   Em      C      B
On Mary's lap is sleeping?

      Em       G        D
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,

       Em        B         Em
While shepherds watch are keeping?
WCiT Chorus:
 G             D
This, this is Christ the King,

     Em         C        B
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:

 G               D
Haste, haste to bring him laud,

     Em        B      Em
The babe, the son of Mary.
Cmaj7 D Em CotP Verse 2:
  Em          G        D
Who is the stranger, here in our midst,

  Em         C         B
Looking for shelter among us?

  Em         G        D                       Em
Who is this outcast? Who do we see amidst the poor,

       B         Em  
The children of God?
CotP Chorus:
 Em      G                       D                    C
Who is this who lives with the lowly, Sharing their sorrows,

 C              B
Knowing their hunger? 

         G                        D
This is Christ, revealed to the world

                  Em        B           Em           
In the eyes of a child, a child of the poor.
Cmaj7 D Em WCiT Verse 2:
     Em      G        D
Why lies he in such mean estate

      Em      C        B
Where ox and ass are feeding?

      Em        G          D
Good Christian, fear: for sinners here

     Em     B         Em
The silent Word is pleading.
WCiT Chorus:
 G             D
This, this is Christ the King,

                 C        B
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:

 G               D
Haste, haste to bring him laud,

     Em        B      Em
The babe, the son of Mary.
Cmaj7 D Em CotP Verse 3:
   Em          G        D
Bring all the thirsty, all who seek peace;

  Em              C          B
Bring those with nothing to offer,

  Em            G       D                     
Strengthen the feeble, say to the frightened heart:

      Em     B          Em
"Fear not, here is your God!".
CotP Chorus:
 Em      G                       D                     C
Who is this who lives with the lowly, Sharing their sorrows,

 C              B
Knowing their hunger? 

         G                        D
This is Christ, revealed to the world

                  Em        B           Em           
In the eyes of a child, a child of the poor.
Cmaj7 D Em WCiT Verse 3:
    Em        G        D
So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh,

       Em       C        B
Come, peasant, king, to own him.

     Em      G       D
the King of kings salvation brings,

     Em     B         Em
Let loving hearts enthrone him.
WCiT Chorus:
 G             D
This, this is Christ the King,

                 C        B
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:

 G               D
Haste, haste to bring him laud,

     Em        B      Em
The babe, the son of Mary.
Cmaj7 D Em