Chords for Dame Vera Lynn - The Holy City
Tempo:
129.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
E
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D]
[A]
[D] Last night I lay a -sleeping, [G] there came a dream [D] so fair.
I stood in [G] old Jerusalem, [E] beside the temple [A] there.
I [D] heard the children [F#m] singing, [G] and ever as they [D] sang,
[C] Methought the voice [A] of angels from [E] heaven [G#] in [A] answer rang.
[E] Methought the voice [A] of
[D] angels [A] from heaven in [E] answer
[A] rang.
[F#m]
[A] [D] [A] Jerusalem, [D] Jerusalem,
[G] lift up your gates and [D] sing.
[A] Hosanna in [F#m] the [Bm] highest, [G] [D] Hosanna to [A] [D] your King.
[G] [D] [F#] [Bm]
[G] [D] [A]
[F#m] [D]
And then Methought my dream was [G] changed, the streets no [D] longer rang.
Hushed were the glad [G] Hosannas, [E] the little children [C#m] [A] sang.
The [D] sun grew dark with mystery, the [G] morn was cold and [D] chill.
[F#]
As the shadow [A] of a cross rose [E] upon a lonely [A]
hill.
[E] As the shadow of [C#] a cross [F#m] rose [D] [A] upon [E] a lonely
[A] hill.
[F#m] [Em]
[D] [A]
Jerusalem, [D]
Jerusalem, [G] hark how the angels [D]
sing.
[A]
Hosanna in [F#m] the [Bm] highest, [Em]
[D] Hosanna [A]
to your [D]
King.
[G] [F#m] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [F#] [G#m]
[C#] [F#]
And once again the scene [G#m] was changed, [C#] new earth [G#] there seemed to [F#] be.
[D#m] I saw [D] the holy [F#] city [B] beside [C#] the tidal [F#]
sea.
The [D#m] light of God [A#m] was on its streets, [A] the gates were [E] open wide.
[A] And all who would [D] might enter, [G] [D] and no [A] one was [D]
denied.
[F#]
[Bm] No [F#] need of moon or [Bm] stars by night, or [D] sun [A] to shine [D] by day.
[Bm] [C] It was the new [A]
Jerusalem that [D] would [E] not pass [A] away.
It [E] was the [Bm] new [A] [C#]
Jerusalem [F#m] that [A]
would [E] not pass
[A] [G] away.
[F#m]
[Em] [D] [A]
Jerusalem, [D]
Jerusalem, [G] sing for the night is [D]
[A]
[F#m]
[Bm] [G] [D]
[A]
[D] [A] come.
[D] [A] Hosanna in [D] [Am]
[G]
the highest, Hosanna to your King.
[D] [G] [F#m]
[A] [D]
[G]
[D]
[A]
[D] Last night I lay a -sleeping, [G] there came a dream [D] so fair.
I stood in [G] old Jerusalem, [E] beside the temple [A] there.
I [D] heard the children [F#m] singing, [G] and ever as they [D] sang,
[C] Methought the voice [A] of angels from [E] heaven [G#] in [A] answer rang.
[E] Methought the voice [A] of
[D] angels [A] from heaven in [E] answer
[A] rang.
[F#m]
[A] [D] [A] Jerusalem, [D] Jerusalem,
[G] lift up your gates and [D] sing.
[A] Hosanna in [F#m] the [Bm] highest, [G] [D] Hosanna to [A] [D] your King.
[G] [D] [F#] [Bm]
[G] [D] [A]
[F#m] [D]
And then Methought my dream was [G] changed, the streets no [D] longer rang.
Hushed were the glad [G] Hosannas, [E] the little children [C#m] [A] sang.
The [D] sun grew dark with mystery, the [G] morn was cold and [D] chill.
[F#]
As the shadow [A] of a cross rose [E] upon a lonely [A]
hill.
[E] As the shadow of [C#] a cross [F#m] rose [D] [A] upon [E] a lonely
[A] hill.
[F#m] [Em]
[D] [A]
Jerusalem, [D]
Jerusalem, [G] hark how the angels [D]
sing.
[A]
Hosanna in [F#m] the [Bm] highest, [Em]
[D] Hosanna [A]
to your [D]
King.
[G] [F#m] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [F#] [G#m]
[C#] [F#]
And once again the scene [G#m] was changed, [C#] new earth [G#] there seemed to [F#] be.
[D#m] I saw [D] the holy [F#] city [B] beside [C#] the tidal [F#]
sea.
The [D#m] light of God [A#m] was on its streets, [A] the gates were [E] open wide.
[A] And all who would [D] might enter, [G] [D] and no [A] one was [D]
denied.
[F#]
[Bm] No [F#] need of moon or [Bm] stars by night, or [D] sun [A] to shine [D] by day.
[Bm] [C] It was the new [A]
Jerusalem that [D] would [E] not pass [A] away.
It [E] was the [Bm] new [A] [C#]
Jerusalem [F#m] that [A]
would [E] not pass
[A] [G] away.
[F#m]
[Em] [D] [A]
Jerusalem, [D]
Jerusalem, [G] sing for the night is [D]
[A]
[F#m]
[Bm] [G] [D]
[A]
[D] [A] come.
[D] [A] Hosanna in [D] [Am]
[G]
the highest, Hosanna to your King.
[D] [G] [F#m]
[A] [D]
[G]
[D]
Key:
D
A
G
E
F#m
D
A
G
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Last night I lay a _ -sleeping, [G] there came a dream [D] so fair.
I stood in [G] old Jerusalem, _ _ [E] beside the temple [A] there.
_ _ I [D] heard the children [F#m] singing, _ [G] and ever as they [D] sang, _ _
[C] _ Methought the voice [A] of _ angels from [E] heaven [G#] in [A] answer _ rang.
_ _ [E] _ Methought the _ voice [A] of _
_ [D] angels _ _ [A] from heaven _ in _ [E] answer _
[A] _ _ _ rang.
[F#m] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] Jerusalem, _ _ [D] _ _ _ Jerusalem, _
_ _ [G] _ lift up your _ gates and [D] _ _ _ sing.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Hosanna _ in [F#m] the _ _ [Bm] highest, _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ Hosanna _ to [A] _ [D] your _ King.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And then Methought my dream was [G] changed, the streets no [D] longer rang.
_ _ _ Hushed were the glad [G] _ Hosannas, [E] the little children [C#m] _ [A] _ sang.
The [D] sun grew dark with mystery, the [G] morn was cold and [D] chill.
_ [F#]
As the shadow [A] of a cross rose [E] upon _ a lonely [A] _
hill.
_ _ [E] As the _ shadow _ of [C#] a cross _ [F#m] rose [D] _ _ [A] upon _ _ _ [E] a _ lonely _
[A] _ _ _ hill.
[F#m] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A]
Jerusalem, _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Jerusalem, _ _ _ [G] _ hark how the _ angels _ [D] _ _ _
_ sing.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ Hosanna _ in [F#m] the _ _ _ [Bm] _ highest, [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ Hosanna _ _ [A]
to _ your _ [D] _ _ _
King. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And once again the scene [G#m] was changed, [C#] new earth [G#] there seemed to [F#] _ be. _
[D#m] I saw [D] the holy [F#] city _ _ [B] beside _ [C#] the tidal [F#]
sea.
_ _ The [D#m] light of God [A#m] was on its streets, [A] the gates were [E] open _ wide.
[A] And _ all who would [D] might _ _ _ enter, [G] _ _ [D] and no _ [A] one _ was [D] _
_ denied.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _
[Bm] No _ [F#] need of moon or [Bm] stars by night, or [D] sun [A] to shine [D] by _ _ day.
_ [Bm] _ [C] It _ was the new _ [A] _ _ _
Jerusalem _ that [D] _ would [E] not _ pass [A] away. _ _
_ _ It [E] _ _ was the [Bm] new _ _ [A] _ _ [C#]
Jerusalem [F#m] _ _ _ that [A] _ _
would [E] not _ pass _
_ [A] _ _ [G] away.
_ [F#m] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A]
Jerusalem, _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Jerusalem, _ _ _ [G] _ sing for the night is [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ come.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] Hosanna _ _ in [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the highest, Hosanna to your King.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Last night I lay a _ -sleeping, [G] there came a dream [D] so fair.
I stood in [G] old Jerusalem, _ _ [E] beside the temple [A] there.
_ _ I [D] heard the children [F#m] singing, _ [G] and ever as they [D] sang, _ _
[C] _ Methought the voice [A] of _ angels from [E] heaven [G#] in [A] answer _ rang.
_ _ [E] _ Methought the _ voice [A] of _
_ [D] angels _ _ [A] from heaven _ in _ [E] answer _
[A] _ _ _ rang.
[F#m] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] Jerusalem, _ _ [D] _ _ _ Jerusalem, _
_ _ [G] _ lift up your _ gates and [D] _ _ _ sing.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Hosanna _ in [F#m] the _ _ [Bm] highest, _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ Hosanna _ to [A] _ [D] your _ King.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And then Methought my dream was [G] changed, the streets no [D] longer rang.
_ _ _ Hushed were the glad [G] _ Hosannas, [E] the little children [C#m] _ [A] _ sang.
The [D] sun grew dark with mystery, the [G] morn was cold and [D] chill.
_ [F#]
As the shadow [A] of a cross rose [E] upon _ a lonely [A] _
hill.
_ _ [E] As the _ shadow _ of [C#] a cross _ [F#m] rose [D] _ _ [A] upon _ _ _ [E] a _ lonely _
[A] _ _ _ hill.
[F#m] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A]
Jerusalem, _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Jerusalem, _ _ _ [G] _ hark how the _ angels _ [D] _ _ _
_ sing.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ Hosanna _ in [F#m] the _ _ _ [Bm] _ highest, [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ Hosanna _ _ [A]
to _ your _ [D] _ _ _
King. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And once again the scene [G#m] was changed, [C#] new earth [G#] there seemed to [F#] _ be. _
[D#m] I saw [D] the holy [F#] city _ _ [B] beside _ [C#] the tidal [F#]
sea.
_ _ The [D#m] light of God [A#m] was on its streets, [A] the gates were [E] open _ wide.
[A] And _ all who would [D] might _ _ _ enter, [G] _ _ [D] and no _ [A] one _ was [D] _
_ denied.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _
[Bm] No _ [F#] need of moon or [Bm] stars by night, or [D] sun [A] to shine [D] by _ _ day.
_ [Bm] _ [C] It _ was the new _ [A] _ _ _
Jerusalem _ that [D] _ would [E] not _ pass [A] away. _ _
_ _ It [E] _ _ was the [Bm] new _ _ [A] _ _ [C#]
Jerusalem [F#m] _ _ _ that [A] _ _
would [E] not _ pass _
_ [A] _ _ [G] away.
_ [F#m] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A]
Jerusalem, _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Jerusalem, _ _ _ [G] _ sing for the night is [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ come.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] Hosanna _ _ in [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the highest, Hosanna to your King.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _