Chords:
{t:Mary’s Boy Child }
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Intro: [G] [C] [Am] [G] [D] [G] (last 2 lines of 1st verse)
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[G] Long time ago in [C] Bethle-[Am]-hem
So the [D] Holy Bible [G] say,
Mary’s boy-child, [C] Jesus [Am] Christ
Was [G] born on [D] Christmas [G] Day.
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Hark now! [C] Hear the [D] angels [G] sing,
A [Em] king was [Am] born to-[D]-day,
And [G] man will live for-[C]-ever [Am] more
Be-[G]-cause of [D] Christmas [G] day.
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[G] While shepherds watch their [C] flocks by [Am] night,
They see a [D] bright new shining [G] star,
They hear a choir [C] sing a [Am] song,
The music [G] seemed to [D] come from a-[G]-far.
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Hark now! [C] Hear the [D] angels [G] sing,
A [Em] king was [Am] born to-[D]-day,
And [G] man will live for-[C]-ever [Am] more
Be-[G]-cause of [D] Christmas [G] day.
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[G] Now Joseph and his [C] wife [Am] Mary
Came to [D] Bethlehem [G] that night,
They found no place to [C] bear the [Am] child
Not a [G] single [D] room was in [G] sight.
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Hark now! [C] Hear the [D] angels [G] sing,
A [Em] king was [Am] born to-[D]-day,
And [G] man will live for-[C]-ever [Am] more
Be-[G]-cause of [D] Christmas [G] day.
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[G] By and by they found a [C] little [Am] nook
In a [D] stable all for-[G]-lorn
And in a manger [C] cold and [Am] dark,
Mary’s [G] little [D] boy was [G] born.
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Hark now! [C] Hear the [D] angels [G] sing,
A [Em] king was [Am] born to-[D]-day,
And [G] man will live for-[C]-ever [Am] more
Be-[G]-cause of [D] Christmas [G] day.
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Trumpets [C] sound and [D] angels [G] sing,
[Em] Listen to [Am] what they [D] say,
That [G] man will live for-[C]-ever [Am] more
[G] Because of [D] Christmas [G] day.
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Hark now! [C] Hear the [D] angels [G] sing,
A [Em] king was [Am] born to-[D]-day,
And [G] man will live for-[C]-ever [Am] more
Be-[G]-cause of [D] Christmas [G] day.
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Hark now! [C] Hear the [D] angels [G] sing,
A [Em] king was [Am] born to-[D]-day,
And [G] man will live for-[C]-ever [Am] more
Be-[G]-cause of [D] Christmas [G] day.
