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We Three Kings of Orient Are
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Written by: John Henry Hopkins, Jr. in 1857
Lyrics based on Matthew 2:1
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Chorded using a version by the choir of King's College, Cambridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx35_DRIZ8g
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Time signature: 6/8
[Chord Changes]
| F#m | C#7 F#m |
| F#m | C#7 F#m |
| A E | F#m A | Bm C#7| F#m E7 |
| A | D A |A | D A |
1 2 3 4 5 6
| F#m E | Bm E7sus4 E7 | A | D A
E-A-D-G-B-e
F#m 2-4-4-2-2-2
C#7 x-4-3-4-2-x
A x-0-2-2-2-0
E 0-2-2-1-0-0
E7 0-2-0-1-0-0
E7sus4 0-2-0-2-0-0
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[Verse 1]
F#m C#7 F#m F#m C#7 F#m
We three kings of Orient are; bearing gifts we traverse a-far
A E F#m A Bm C#7 F#m
Field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star.
[Chorus]
E7 A D A A D A
O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
F#m E Bm E7sus4 E7 A D A
Westward leading, still procee -ding, guide us to thy perfect light.
[Verse 2]
F#m C#7 F#m F#m C#7 F#m
Born a king on Bethlehem's plain, gold I bring to crown Him again,
A E F#m A Bm C#7 F#m
King forever, ceasing never, over us all to reign.
[Chorus]
E7 A D A A D A
O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
F#m E Bm E7sus4 E7 A D A
Westward leading, still procee -ding, guide us to thy perfect light.
[Verse 3]
F#m C#7 F#m F#m C#7 F#m
Frankincense to offer have I; incense owns a Deity nigh;
A E F#m A Bm C#7 F#m
Prayer and praising, voices raising, worshipping God on high
[Chorus]
E7 A D A A D A
O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
F#m E Bm E7sus4 E7 A D A
Westward leading, still procee -ding, guide us to thy perfect light.
[Verse 4]
F#m C#7 F#m F#m C#7 F#m
Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume breathes a life of gathering gloom;
A E F#m A Bm C#7 F#m
Sorrowing sighing, bleeding, dying, sealed in the stone-cold tomb.
[Chorus]
E7 A D A A D A
O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
F#m E Bm E7sus4 E7 A D A
Westward leading, still procee -ding, guide us to thy perfect light.
[Verse 5]
F#m C#7 F#m F#m C#7 F#m
Glorious now behold Him arise; King and God and sacrifice:
A E F#m A Bm C#7 F#m
Heav’n sings Hallelujah: Hallelujah the earth replies.
[Chorus]
E7 A D A A D A
O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
F#m E Bm E7sus4 E7 A D A
Westward leading, still procee -ding, guide us to thy perfect light.