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Key: C

Born to be king

   Am          G         C        E
1. Long, long ago so the story is told
  Am      Em         Am    
A man was born to be King
    Am        G            C        E
But He had no throne, or a crown of gold,
        Am         Em      Am
And His palace was only an inn
   F           C         F           C
He worked as a carpenter most of His life
  F             G               Am
A working-class home, you could say
   F            G                  C       Dm
He wore no fine clothes, He didn’t live in style
     Am        Em            Am
What sort of a king could He be?

Chorus
       C           Am            F           Am
Yet He died on the cross and was sealed in a tomb
       F            G          Am
And He says that He did it for me!
        F             C          F             G
For the stone rolled away and He rose from the dead
     C         Dm            E
What sort of a king could He be?
     C         Em            Am
What sort of a king could He be?

2. Down through the years as the story is told
A question cannot be denied
How could a man who was born to be king
Be nailed to a cross—crucified?
How could His followers leave Him to die
A death of such agony?
His only crown was a crown of thorns,
What sort of a king could He be?

3. Man was living in darkness and sin
And had turned his back upon God
Death was the wage he earned for himself
By treading the path he had trod
Yet God loved the world and He sent His own Son
To pay the price for our sin!
His death is the way to the kingdom of God
For all who will trust in Him.