O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Latin Hymn, trans. by John M. Neale, 1851.
Seventh Verse by Henry S. Coffin, 1916.
Music by Thomas Helmore, 1854.
Public domain.

   Em      G      Am D7 G
O come, O come, Emma-nu-el,
 D   G      C     Am Bm Em
And ransom captive Israel
      Am        Em     A7   D
That mourns in lowly exile here,
Em D       G      Am D7 G
Until the Son of God appear.

chorus:
   G  D      Em Bm      Am D7 Em
  Rejoice!  Rejoice!  Emma-nu-el
   D     G        C    Am Bm Em
  Shall come to thee, O Israel.


O come, thou Wisdom from on high,
Who ord'rest all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show
And teach us in her ways to go.
(chorus)

O come, O come, thou Lord of might,
Who to thy tribes on Sinai's height
In ancient times didst give the law
In cloud and majesty and awe.
(chorus)

O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan's tyranny;
From the depths of hell Thy people save
And give them vict'ry o'er the grave.
(chorus)

O come, thou Key of David, come
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
(chorus)

O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spitis by thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
(chorus)

O come, Desire of nations, bind
All peoples in one heart and mind;
Bid Thou our sad divisions cease,
And be Thyself our King of Peace.
(chorus)

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