This is my version of Once in royal David's city in C.
Use a capo to adjust it to fit to your voice, I tend to play it on capo 5.
Chords: G, C, Am, Em, F, G7
(G) D Bm A D
Once in royal David's city,
D Bm F#m A D
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
A D Bm A D
Where a mother laid her Baby,
D Bm F#m A D
In a manger for His bed:
G D A7 D
Mary was that mother mild,
G D G A D
Jesus Christ, her little Child.
A D Bm A D
He came down to earth from heaven,
D Bm F#m A D
Who is God and Lord of all,
A D Bm A D
And His shelter was a stable,
D Bm F#m A D
And His cradle was a stall:
G D A7 D
With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
G D G A D
Lived on earth our Saviour holy.
A D Bm A D
And through all His wondrous childhood
D Bm A D
He would honour and obey,
A D Bm A D
Love and watch the lowly maiden,
D Bm F#m A D
In whose gentle arms He lay:
G D A7 D
Christian children all must be
G D G A D
Mild, obedient, good as He.
A D Bm A D
For He is our childhood's pattern;