Hymn
Crown Him with Many Crowns
DCrown Him with Amany Dcrowns,
DThe Lamb upAon His Dthrone;
DHark, how the Gheav’nly Aanthem Ddrowns
GAll Dmusic but its Aown!
DAGwake, my Asoul, and Dsing
DOf Him Who Adied for Dthee,
GAnd Dhail Him as thy Achosen King
GThro' all eAterDnity.
DCrown Him the ASon of DGod
DBefore the Aworlds beDgan;
DAnd ye, who Gtread where AHe hath Dtrod,
GCrown DHim the Son of AMan,
DWho Gev'ry Agrief hath Dknown
DThat wrings the Ahuman Dbreast,
GAnd Dtakes and bears them for His Aown
GThat all in AHim may Drest.
DCrown Him the ALord of Dlife,
DWho triAumphed o’er the Dgrave
DAnd rose vicGtorious Ain the Dstrife
GFor Dthose He came to Asave.
DHis Gglories Anow we Dsing,
DWho died, and Arose on Dhigh,
GWho Ddied, eternal life to Abring,
GAnd lives that Adeath may Ddie.
DCrown Him the ALord of Dheav’n,
DEnAthroned in worlds aDbove,
DCrown Him the GKing to Awhom is Dgiv'n
GThe Dwondrous name of ALove.
DCrown Him with Gmany Acrowns
DAs thrones beAfore Him Dfall;
GCrown DHim, ye kings, with Amany crowns,
GFor He is AKing of Dall.
AADmen.
Crown Him with Many Crowns — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/crown-him-with-many-crowns
Questions about this hymn
What key is Crown Him with Many Crowns in?
Crown Him with Many Crowns is charted in D. Use the Key menu above the lyrics to move it to any of the 12 keys; every chord is re-spelled for the new key.
Who wrote Crown Him with Many Crowns?
The words of Crown Him with Many Crowns are credited to Matthew Bridges and Godfrey Thring; the version here was published in 1930. The library holds 2 more hymns by Matthew Bridges, including My God, Accept My Heart This Day and Rise, Glorious Conqueror, Rise.
Is Crown Him with Many Crowns public domain?
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What is the metre of Crown Him with Many Crowns?
Crown Him with Many Crowns is in Short Metre Double (6.6.8.6 D). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Commit Thou All Thy Griefs, I Was A Wandering Sheep and Thou Art Gone Up On High.
Are the chords for Crown Him with Many Crowns easy to play?
The chart uses 3 chords: D, A and G. All of them are open-position guitar chords, so you won't need a capo or barre chords.