Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming chords
Theodore Baker 1894 (traditional German Hymn Es ist ein ros entsprungen)
Capo IV (for this choir rendition*)
D G D A Bm
Lo, how a rose e’er blooming,
G D Em Bm A D
From tender stem hath sprung.
D G D A Bm
Of Jesse’s lineage coming,
G D Em Bm A D
As men of old have sung;
D Em F#m D E A
It came, a flow’ret bright,
D G D A Bm
Amid the cold of winter,
Em D Em D A D
When half spent was the night.
D G D A Bm
Isaiah ’twas foretold it,
G D Em Bm A D
The Rose I have in mind,
D G D A Bm
With Mary we behold it,
G D Em Bm A D
The virgin mother kind;
D Em F#m D E A
To show God’s love a right,
D G D A Bm
She bore to us a Savior,
Em D Em D A D
When half spent was the night.
D G D A Bm
O Flower, whose fragrance tender
G D Em Bm A D
With sweetness fills the air,
D G D A Bm
Dispel with glorious splendor
G D Em Bm A D
The darkness every where;
D Em F#m D E A
True man, yet very God,
D G D A D
From Sin and death now save us,
Em D Em D A D
And share our every load.
*http://www.worldwidechristmas.com/songs/how-a-rose-blooming/
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