Chords for Zadok the Priest, HWV 258 - George Frideric Handel at Westminster Abbey

_ and Beryl Cairns, whose home is at Wembley in North London,
but has worshipped [F] at the Abbey for the past 20 years.
She [D#m] volunteers here for [D] at least one day a week,
and she tells us she likes to [G] stand near the scientists there on the left,
if we see in the background, [Am] the tomb of Sir Isaac Newton,
Charles Darwin [Dm] nearby.
And she says people [G] are always keen to come in and ask
where those particular memorials are.
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
Some of the music being heard today, of course,
[A] is a fixed part of the Royal Maundy.
The Queen insists on it, and Handel's work, Zadok the Priest,
[D] despite being known as a coronation anthem, is [Em] always heard.
So let's enjoy it. _
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_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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Zadok [G] the _ Priest
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hath made _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ thee _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] Rejoice!
[Bm] _ _ _ _ Rejoice!
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_ _ [D] _ Long _ _ _
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_ live the _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
King!
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_ _ _ Long live the King!
The _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[A] second _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [D] distribution continues.
[A] The Queen, no doubt, will have been [D] delighted with that
_ splendid performance of Zadok the Priest.
_ [Em] She always [F#] insists that it's included [Bm] in the Royal Maundy service. _
_ _ Handel's memorable [B] setting goes to [D] the words of King [Bm] Zadok the [E] Priest,
Nathan the [B] Prophet, anointed Solomon [D] King.
And [A] all the people rejoiced [Em] and said,
[A] God save the King, [D] long live the King, may the King live forever. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ As we see [G] the distribution continuing,
[A] _ it's quite an operation, isn't it, to get these [A] purses out on time?
It's an effective thing to see.
[D] Yes, indeed.
Well tried and tested, [Bm] of course,
and nobody leaves anything to chance.
So well rehearsed and well thought through.
And of course, people have been planning this [Am] service for many [Em] months.
The people at the Abbey, the people at Buckingham Palace,
working [D] together to produce something that [Bm] looks beautiful and peaceful,
[D] but the swans [D] _ [A] paddling furiously under the [A] water.
[D] The man managing the process is [Em] Bishop Nigel McCulloch,
the Lord High [Bm] Ominor, who [G] just says a few words [Am] of advice
to Her Majesty on [D] some of the [G] recipients.
A little word of guidance here as to where they're from and what [D] they've done.
_ _ [Am] And the origin of his office, one of the chief chaplains [E] in the Middle Ages,
the Almaner, who would have cleared the table [A] after the feasts
and taken [D] the leftovers out to the poor.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Yeomen of the Guard are in place and ready for [G#] the prayers. _ _ _ _
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