What Child Is This Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays393

What Child Is This by Sleeping At Last is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Am, G, Em, E and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			


      Am                       G 
What Child is this who, laid to rest 
      Am              Em 
On Mary's lap is sleeping? 
          Am                        G 
Whom Angels greet with anthems sweet, 
         Am            E              Am 
While shepherds watch are keeping? 

  
C                 G 
This, this is Christ the King, 
           Am                           Em 
Whom shepherds guard and Angels sing; 
C                       G 
Haste, haste, to bring Him laud, 
       Am         E          Am 
The Babe, the Son of Mary. 


       Am                  G 
Why lies He in such mean estate, 
         Am                   E 
Where ox and ass are feeding? 
        Am                           G 
Good Christians, fear, for sinners here 
        Am   E          Am 
The silent Word is pleading. 


CHORUS 

     Am                         G 
So bring Him incense, gold and myrrh, 
          Am                     Em 
Come peasant, king to own Him; 
       Am                    G 
The King of kings salvation brings, 
      Am      E        Am 
Let loving hearts enthrone Him. 


CHORUS 

Am     G       Am      Em 


      Am                       G 
What Child is this who, laid to rest 
      Am      E       Am 
On Mary's lap is sleeping? 


CHORUS
 
    	

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