Key: Eb major
Verse 1
E
A
B
Bm
G
C
B
C
C#m
E
C#m
B
G#m
Good King Wenceslas looked out
B
A
B
C
C#m
B
On the feast of Stephen
E
D
A
C
G
Where the snow lay 'round about
B
G#m
B
A
Deep and crisp and even
G#
E
C
C#m
B
Brightly shone the moon that night
Bb
A
Am
Though the frost was cruel
C
Bb
B
C
When a poor man came in sight
G#
D
A
D
C#m
C
Gathering winter fuel
B
G#m
G#
E
B
Verse 2
A
D#
A
"Hither, page, and stand by me
G#m
G#
F#
C#
F#
If thou knows it telling
G#
Cdim
B
F#
B
Yonder peasant, who is he?
C#sus4
C
Where and what his dwelling?"
Bb
Eb
Ab
"Sire, he lives a good league hence
Abm
B
Cdim
C
Underneath the mountain
B
A
Caug
Right against the forest fence
C
F#
C
B
C
By Saint Agnes'
F#
F#m
B
fountain"
C
Verse 3
C
F
E
D
"Bring me flesh and bring me wine
C#
Bb
C
B
C
Abm
C
Bring me pine logs hither
Ab
B
C
E
Thou and I will see him dine
C
B
When we bear the thither"
E
D
C#
Page and monarch, forth they went
E
D
G
Forth they went to gether
F
E
D#
D
Through the rude wind's wild lament
C
B
Bb
Eb
Ab
Db
G
And the bitter weather
Interlude 1
C
E
Db
G#
C#
C#m
B
Db
Eb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
D
Dbm
Db
Fm
Bb
Eb
Dbm
Fm
Bb
Db
C
Bb
C
Dbm
D#sus4
D#dim
G#m
D#
B
Edim
B
Bb
G#
Adim
Bb
A
G#
Bb
G#
Bb
A
G#
E
C#m
F#
E
C#m
Bb
Eb
Cm
Db
Fm
Bbm
Eb
Edim
C
F
Bb
Eb
Ab
Ddim
Db
Bb
Eb
A
D
Verse 4
A
Gbm
"Sire, the night is dark er now
C
B
Bb
A
And the wind blows stronger
D
G
A
F#m
Fails my heart, I know not how
B
D#dim
I can go no longer"
C#m
D#m
E
"Mark my footsteps, my good page
F#
G#
A
Tread thou in them
C
C#m
D
boldly
Dbm
C
G
C
Thou shalt find the winter's rage
Caug
Bb
Caug
Freeze thy blood less
B
Bb
Eb
D
coldly"
Bb
C
B
Verse 5
A#m
D#
B
Db
Bb
In his master's step he trod
C
Bb
Where the snow lay dented
Eb
Ab
C
A
Bb
Heat was in the very sod
Dm
C
Cm
Eb
Which the saint had printed
Bb
Db
Bb
Ab
G
Eb
Therefore, Christian men, be sure
G
C
G
C
Bb
Wealth or rank possessing
Dm
G
Cm
C
Ye who now will bless the poor
F#
E
D
C
Shall yourselves find
B
F#aug
Bb
blessing
A
Caug
Blessing, blessing
Outro 1
G#
G
E
Fdim
E
B
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