Once In Royal David's City (hi-lo)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID’S CITY hi-lo             
W: Cecil F. Alexander 
M: Henry J. Gauntlet 
Key: G 

 3   -3  4  4 4-3  4-4 -4  4
 6   -7  7  7 7-7  7-8 -8  7
Once in roy-al Da-vids cit-y,  

  4   5  6  5  5-4  4-3   4
  7   8  9  8  8-8  7-7   7
Stood a low-ly cat- tle shed,  

  3  -3  4   4  4 -3 4-4 -4 4
  6  -7  7   7  7 -7 7-8 -8 7
Where a moth-er laid her Ba-by,  

4  5  6   4  5-4 4-3  4
7  8  9   7  8-8 7-7  7
In a man-ger for His bed:  


-10-10 9   7    -9  -9  8
Ma-ry was that moth-er mild,  

-6 -6     6     5  5-4 4-3   4
-10-10    9     8  8-8 7-7   7
Je-sus Christ, her lit-tle Child.  

And our eyes at last shall see Him,  
Through His own redeeming love;  
For that Child so dear and gentle,  
Is our Lord in heaven above:  
And He leads His children on,  
To the place where He is gone.

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