God Rest Ye Merry Gents

GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN

Traditional. publ.1853

God rest ye merry, gentlemen; [Em B7 Em]

let nothing you dismay [Em C B7]

Remember Christ our Savior [Em B7 Em]

was born on Christmas Day [Em C B7]

To save us all from Satan's pow'r [Am B7]

when we were gone a-stray [Em D/F#]

O tidings of comfort and joy, [G CG B7 Em]

comfort and joy! [D]

O tidings of comfort and joy [G (/a /b C) B7 Em]

In Bethlehem, in Israel, this blessed Babe was born, and laid within a

manger upon this blessed morn; The which His Mother Mar-y did nothing take

in scorn.

From God our heav'nly Father, a blessed angel came; And unto certain

shepherds brought tidings of the same; How that in Bethlehem was born the

Son of God by name.