Responsorial Psalm 97(98):5-9 for the feast of St. Cecilia - WORDS + CHORDS
Key of C
C G Em F
Response - Listen, O daughter, give ear to my words.
G F C F
Listen, O daughter, give ear to my words:
C G Em F
forget your own people and your father’s house.
G F C F
So will the king desire your beauty:
G C F
He is your lord, pay homage to him.
C G Em F
Response - Listen, O daughter, give ear to my words.
G F C F
The daughter of the king is clothed with splendour,
G F C F
her robes embroidered with pearls set in gold.
G F C F
She is led to the king with her maiden companions.
C G Em F
Response - Listen, O daughter, give ear to my words.
G F C F
They are escorted amid gladness and joy;
C G Em F
they pass within the palace of the king.
G F C F
Sons shall be yours in place of your fathers:
G C F
you will make them princes over all the earth.
C G Em F
Response - Listen, O daughter, give ear to my words.
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