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C C/G
Mary was the first of three
F Fadd9
Long black hair and sugar sweet
C Am Asus4 Cmaj7 C
Daddy's eyes and Momma's crooked smile
C C/G
She was barely seventeen
F Fadd9
Got a job keepin' dishes clean
C Cadd9 Am
Planned to stay in this city for a while
Csus2 C F
For a while
C C/G
Joseph ran a lumber yard
F Fadd9
About a mile from Olive park
C Am F
Quiet boy, he never had much to say
C C/G
It was love right from the start
F Fadd9
He bought a ring and won Mary's heart
C Cadd9 Am Asus4
Had hopes for a home and kids someday
Csus2 C F C C/G F
Kids someday
C C/G
The angel scared her half to death
F Fadd9
She would've screamed but she lost her breath
C Am F
On a midnight there in the middle of May
C C/G
He said "Oh Mary, don't be afraid
F Fadd9
You'll bear a son that the Lord has made
C Am F
Call him Jesus, He'll light the way"
Dsus2 Am F Am Dsus2 F C C/G F Dsus2 F
C C/G
She packed the clothes, he made the plans
F Fadd9
They had to go to Bethlehem
C Am F
But there was nowhere left to stay
C C/G
So in a barn she gave birth
F Fadd9
To the King of Kings, the Lord of Earth
C Am
Just a little bitty thing sleeping on the hay
C C/G F
Sleeping on the hay
C C/G
The story's too long to tell
F Fadd9
But He walked on water and lived through hell
C Am Csus2 C
Killed on a cross and rose from the grave
C C/G
We got a King, they got a Son
F Fadd9
Mary and Joseph were the only ones
C C/G F
There on that very first Christmas day
F Fadd9 C
There on that very first Christmas day
Dsus2 Am F Am Dsus2 F C C/G F Dsus2 F
(fading out)
C C/G F Am F C C/G F Dsus2 F C F
(G C)