In the bleak midwinter chords

In the bleak midwinter    (intro)    (midi)



    D                       Bm        G                           A

1. In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,

      D                          Bm      G     A          D

    earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone.

        G                                     Bm       D   Em   A

    Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,

    D                       Bm       G    A D

    in the bleak midwinter, long ago.



       D                                    Bm            G                 A

2. Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain,

       D                                 Bm              G          A             D

    Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.

    G                       Bm          D       Em        A

    In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed,

      D                       Bm        G A       D

    The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.



      D                    Bm          G                              A

3. Angels and archangels may have gathered there,

        D                 Bm              G   A         D

    cherubim and seraphim thronged the air.

      G                      Bm  D         Em       A

    But His mother only, in her maiden bliss,

       D                       Bm       G   A  D

    worshipped the beloved with a kiss.



         D          Bm             G           A

4. What can I give Him, poor as I am?

    D                Bm         G            A         D

    If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb.

   G                         Bm  D          Em        A

    If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part,

              D             Bm           G      A    D

    yet what I can I give Him: give my heart.





(Michael Martin Murphey /music : Gustav T. Holst)

(orig. = capo 3rd; midi = capo 5th)