Guitar chords We Three Kings

We Three Kings, also known as We Three Kings of Orient Are, was written in 1857 by John Henry Hopkins Jr., an Episcopal clergyman from the United States. Hopkins composed the song for a Christmas pageant at the General Theological Seminary in New York City where he was an instructor. The song tells the story of the three Wise Men on their journey to visit the newborn Jesus Christ, with each of the verses describing the gifts they bring: gold, fra ... See more [+]

Key:  Am
Introduction:
Am
  
G
  
F
  
G
  
C
  
C
  
F
  
C
  
Am
                
E
      
Am
                    
E
         
Am
 
We three kings of Orient are; bearing gifts we traverse afar
C
          
G/B
       
Am
       
F
         
Dm
       
E
      
Am
 
field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star.

G
      
C
               
F
       
C
                     
F
       
C
 
O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
Am
        
G
         
F
       
G
         
C
               
F
       
C
 
westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light.

Am
             
E
           
Am
                     
E
          
Am
 
Born a king on Bethlehem's plain, gold I bring to crown Him again,
C
      
G/B
      
Am
     
F
      
Dm
     
E
      
Am
 
King forever, ceasing never, over us all to reign.

G
      
C
               
F
       
C
                     
F
       
C
 
O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
Am
        
G
         
F
       
G
         
C
               
F
       
C
 
westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light.

Am
              
E
          
Am
                
E
     
Am
 
Frankincense to offer have I; incense owns a Deity nigh;
C
          
G/B
       
Am
       
F
         
Dm
       
E
      
Am
 
prayer and praising, voices raising, worshipping God on high

G
      
C
               
F
       
C
                     
F
       
C
 
O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
Am
        
G
         
F
       
G
         
C
               
F
       
C
 
westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light.

Am
                 
E
         
Am
                      
E
         
Am
 
Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume breathes a life of gathering gloom;
C
          
G/B
       
Am
       
F
      
Dm
             
E
        
Am
 
sorrowing sighing, bleeding, dying, sealed in the stone-cold tomb.

G
      
C
               
F
       
C
                     
F
       
C
 
O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
Am
        
G
         
F
       
G
         
C
               
F
       
C
 
westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light.

Am
             
E
         
Am
                     
E
    
Am
 
Glorious now behold Him arise; King and God and sacrifice:
C
    
G/B
  
Am
   
F
    
Dm
                 
E
        
Am
 
Alleluia, Alleluia sounds through the earth and skies.

G
      
C
               
F
       
C
                     
F
       
C
 
O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
Am
        
G
         
F
       
G
         
C
               
F
       
C
 
westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light.