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

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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:
  Am          F        G
Helpless and hungry, lowly afraid,

  Am            F            E
Wrapped in the chill of mid-winter

  Am        F        G                     Am
Comes now among us, born into poverty's embrace,

     E             Am
New life for the world
CotP Chorus:
 Am      F                       G
Who is this who lives with the lowly, Sharing their sorrows,

 F              E
Knowing their hunger? 

         F                        G
This is Christ, revealed to the world

                  Am        E           Am           
In the eyes of a child, a child of the poor.
Fmaj7 G Am WCiT Verse 1:
       Am      F           G
What child is this, who, laid to rest,

   Am      F      E
On Mary's lap is sleeping?

      Am       F        G
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,

       Am        E         Am
While shepherds watch are keeping?
WCiT Chorus:
 F             G
This, this is Christ the King,

                 F        E
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:

 F               G
Haste, haste to bring him laud,

     Am        E      Am
The babe, the son of Mary.
Fmaj7 G Am CotP Verse 2:
  Am          F        G
Who is the stranger, here in our midst,

  Am         F         E
Looking for shelter among us?

  Am         F        G                       Am
Who is this outcast? Who do we see amidst the poor,

       E         Am  
The children of God?
CotP Chorus:
 Am      F                       G
Who is this who lives with the lowly, Sharing their sorrows,

 F              E
Knowing their hunger? 

         F                        G
This is Christ, revealed to the world

                  Am        E           Am           
In the eyes of a child, a child of the poor.
Fmaj7 G Am WCiT Verse 2:
     Am      F        G
Why lies he in such mean estate

      Am      F        E
Where ox and ass are feeding?

      Am        F          G
Good Christian, fear: for sinners here

     Am     E         Am
The silent Word is pleading.
WCiT Chorus:
 F             G
This, this is Christ the King,

                 F        E
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:

 F               G
Haste, haste to bring him laud,

     Am        E      Am
The babe, the son of Mary.
Fmaj7 G Am CotP Verse 3:
   Am          F        G
Bring all the thirsty, all who seek peace;

  Am              F          E
Bring those with nothing to offer,

  Am            F       G                     
Strengthen the feeble, say to the frightened heart:

      Am     E          Am
"Fear not, here is your God!".
CotP Chorus:
 Am      F                       G
Who is this who lives with the lowly, Sharing their sorrows,

 F              E
Knowing their hunger? 

         F                        G
This is Christ, revealed to the world

                  Am        E           Am           
In the eyes of a child, a child of the poor.
Fmaj7 G Am WCiT Verse 3:
    Am        F        G
So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh,

       Am       F        E
Come, peasant, king, to own him.

     Am      F       G
the King of kings salvation brings,

     Am     E         Am
Let loving hearts enthrone him.
WCiT Chorus:
 F             G
This, this is Christ the King,

                 F        E
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:

 F               G
Haste, haste to bring him laud,

     Am        E      Am
The babe, the son of Mary.
Fmaj7 G Am