As With Gladness Men Of Old Chords

[Verse 1]
G       C    G    C      G
As with glad-ness men of old
C       Am      Dsus4 D  G
Did the guiding star  be-hold;
G       C   G    C           G
As with joy they hailed its light,
C       Am       Dsus4  D   G
Leading on-ward, beam - ing bright;
G                 D         G
So, most gracious Lord, may we
C     Am        G/D  D   G
Ev-er-more your splendor see.
 
 
[Verse 2]
G       C   G   C          G
As with joy-ful steps they sped
C       Am    Dsus4 D   G
To that lowly man - ger-bed,
G        C    G   C       G
There to bend the knee be-fore
C           Am         Dsus4  D   G
Christ whom heav'n and earth  a - dore;
G              D       G
So may we with hurried pace
C      Am        G/D    D  G
Run to seek your throne of grace.
 
 
[Verse 3]
G       C   G    C          G
As they of-fered gifts most rare
C       Am     Dsus4 D   G
At that manger crude and bare;
G      C  G    C     G
So may we this ho-ly day,
C        Am      Dsus4  D  G
Drawn to you with-out   de-lay,
G                 D         G
All our costliest treasures bring,
C          Am       G/D    D  G
Christ, to you, our heav'n-ly King.
 
 
[Verse 4]
G         C    G   C       G
Christ Re-deem-er, with us stay,
C       Am        Dsus4 D  G
Help us live your ho -  ly way;
G        C     G  C          G
And when earth-ly things are past,
C         Am        Dsus4 D  G
Bring our ran-somed souls at last
G                  D       G
Where they need no star to guide,
C        Am          G/D   D  G
Where no clouds your glo - ry hide.
 
 
[Verse 5]
G        C    G  C    G
In the heav'n-ly city bright
C          Am      Dsus4 D   G
None shall need cre - a- ted light;
G        C      G   C        G
You, its light, its joy, its crown,
C        Am        Dsus4  D   G
You, its sun which  goes  not down;
G              D      G
There for ever may we sing
C     Am    G/D  D   G
Al-le-lu-ias to  our King.
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