The Birthday Of A King Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays397

The Birthday Of A King by Misc Christmas is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D7, Em7, Am, D, Em, A, A7 and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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Verse 

G      C      D7            G        Em7 
In the little vil - lage of Bethle - hem, 
      Am    D         G 
There lay a Child one day, 
        Em                    A       D 
And the sky was bright with a ho – ly light 
                     A7    D 
O'er the place where Jesus lay. 


          Am         D7 
Al - le – lu - ia!       
            G 
Oh, how the angels sang. 
          Em              D 
Al - le – lu - ia! How it rang! 
        B7      Em            D    G 
And the sky was bright with a holy light, 
                   D7   G 
'Twas the birthday of a King. 

Verse 

G       C      D7              G       Em7 
'Twas a humble birthplace, but oh, how much  
    Am      D       G 
God gave to us that day; 
         Em                   A        D 
From the man - ger bed what a path has led, 
                   A7   D 
What a per - fect, holy way. 


          Am         D7 
Al - le – lu - ia!       
            G 
Oh, how the angels sang. 
          Em              D 
Al - le – lu - ia! How it rang! 
        B7      Em            D    G 
And the sky was bright with a holy light, 
                   D7   G 
'Twas the birthday of a King.  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante