LEAD VOCAL: INTRO:
KEY OF E, 4/4
THE KING SHALL COME WHEN MORNING DAWNS E VERSE 1
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The King shall come when morning dawns, A
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And light triumphant breaks; B
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When beauty gilds the eastern hills, |A
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And life to joy awakes. E
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(Not…)
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Not as of old, a little child to bear, and fight, and die, B
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But crowned with glory like the sun |A
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That lights the morning sky. B
(O…)
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O brighter than the rising morn when He, victorious, rose, A
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And left the lonesome place of death, |A
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Despite the rage of foes. E VERSE 2
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(O…)
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O brighter than that glorious morn A
E
Shall this fair morning be, B
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When Christ, our King, in beauty comes, |A
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And we His face shall see. E
(The…)
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The King shall come when morning dawns, A
E
And earth’s dark night is past; B
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O haste the rising of that morn, |A
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The day that light shall last. B
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(And…) G#m
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And let the endless bliss begin, by wearied saints foretold, A
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E
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When right shall triumph over wrong, |A
B
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And truth shall be extolled WORDS: Verses 1, 2 Unknown, Verse 3 by Philip Doddridge, 1735; MUSIC: David Burrows, 2011 CCLI License #202546
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E
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E VERSE 3
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He comes the prisoners to release, In Satan’s bondage held; B
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The gates of hell before Him burst, The iron fetters felled. E
B
(He…)
He comes the wounded heart to bind, A
E
The broken soul to cure; B
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And with the treasures of His grace |A
B
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Enrich the humble poor.
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(The…)
B
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The King shall come when morning dawns, G#m
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And light and beauty brings: A
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E
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Hail, Christ the Lord! Thy people pray, |A
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Come quickly, King of kings. C#m
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G#m
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The King shall come when morning dawns, G#m
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And light and beauty brings: A
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E
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Hail, Christ the Lord! Thy people pray, |A
B
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E
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Come quickly, King of kings. A
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Hail, Christ the Lord! Thy people pray, |A
B
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Come quickly, King of kings. WORDS: Verses 1, 2 Unknown, Verse 3 by Philip Doddridge, 1735; MUSIC: David Burrows, 2011 CCLI License #202546
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