Author: John Henry Hopkinds, Jr., 1857
Public domain
Meter: 3/4
This carol is easiest for guitar in the key of E minor or or A minor.
You can copy it from this page, paste it into Key Switch, and transpose it to any key. Easy as 123.
We Three Kings ------------------ Key of A minor 3/4 Am | G Am We three kings of Orient are Am G Am Bearing gifts, we traverse a-far Am G C Am Field and fountain, moor and mountain Dm E7 Am G7 | Following yonder star. Oh - o Alternate chords for the first two lines: Am | E7 Am Chorus: C | F C Star of wonder, star of night C | F C Star of royal beauty bright Am G F G7 Westward leading, still pro-ceeding C | F C Guide us through thy perfect night Am | G Am Born a King on Bethlehem's plain Am | G Am Gold I bring to crown Him a-gain Am G C Am King for-ever, ceasing never Dm E7 Am G7 | Over us all to reign. Oh - o (chorus) Am | G Am Frankincense to offer have I Am | G Am Incense owns a Deity nigh Am G C Am Prayer and praising, voices raising Dm E7 Am G7 | Worship Him, God on high. Oh - o (chorus) Am | G Am Myrrh is mine: its bitter perfume Am | G Am Breathes a life of gathering gloom Am G C Am Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying Dm E7 Am G7 | Sealed in the stone-cold tomb. Oh - o (chorus) Am | G Am Glorious now be-hold Him a-rise Am | G Am King and God and Sacri-fice Am G C Am Alle-luia, Alle-luia! Dm E7 Am G7 | Earth to the heavens replies. Oh - o (chorus)