Deck the Halls / Away in a Manger / The First Noel chords by Bing Crosby
Verse 1
G
B
Em
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D
Em
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Am
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FALL
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G
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
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D
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Fa la la la la, la la la la
Tis the season to be jolly
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D
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Fa la la la la, la la la la
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Don we now our gay apparel
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Em
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Fa -la -la -la -la -la -la -la -la
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Troll the ancient yuletide carol
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Fa -la -la -la -la -la -la -la -la
See the blazing yule before us
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Fa -la -la -la -la -la -la -la -la
Strike the harp and join the chorus
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Fa -la -la -la -la -la -la -la -la
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Follow me in merry measure,
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Fa -la -la, la -la -la, la -la -la,
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While I tell of Yuletide treasure,
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G
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Fa -la -la -la, la -la -la, la -la -la.
G#m
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C#sus4
["Away the Manger"]
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F#
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Away in the manger, no crib for his bed,
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the little Lord Jesus laid
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down his sweet head.
The stars in the sky
B
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look down where he lay,
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F#
B
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The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
B
The cattle are lowing,
the poor baby wakes,
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B
But little Lord Jesus, no crime He makes I love Thee, Lord Jesus,
look down from the sky
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B
E
And stay by my cradle till morning
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B
G#m
D#m
E#sus4
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is nigh
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I saw three ships come sailing in
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On Christmas day, on Christmas day
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I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day in the morning
Pray whither sailed those ships all three
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On Christmas day, on Christmas day
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Pray whither sailed those ships all three
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On Christmas day in the morning
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Oh, they sailed in to Bethlehem,
Gm
F
Bb
F
On Christmas day, on Christmas day!
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An d all the bells on Earth shall ring,
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On Christmas day, on Christmas day!
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And all the bells on earth shall ring
Gm
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Bb
On Christmas Day in the morning.
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Bb
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Ah!
C
Good King Wenceslas
G
looked out
C
On the feast of Stephen
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When the snow lay round about,
deep and crisp and even,
C
Brightly shone the moon that night,
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G
though the frost was cruel,
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F
Am
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When a poor man came inside,
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G
Am
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C
gathering winter fuel.
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Sire, the night is darker now,
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And the wind blows stronger.
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G
Fails my heart, I know not how,
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F
I can go no longer.
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G
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Mark my footsteps, my good page,
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Tread thou in them boldly.
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Am
Thou shalt find the winter's rage
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C
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C
freeze thy blood less coldly.
In his master's steps
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F
C
he trod where the snow lay dinted.
Am
C
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Heat was in the very sod
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F
which the saint had printed.
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E
Am
C
Therefore, Christian men, be sure,
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G
C
Wealth or rank possessing,
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A
Ye who now will bless the poor,
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C
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Am
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Shall yourselves find blessing.
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C
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Abm
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A#dim
G#m
A#dim
G#m
We three kings of Orient are,
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G#m
Bearing gifts we tra verse afar,
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Field and fountain,
B
moor and mountain,
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A#dim
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G#m
Following yon der star.
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E
B
Oh, star of wonder, star of night,
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B
star with royal beauty bright,
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west ward leading,
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still proceeding,
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E
guide us to thy perfect
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C
Em
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E
light.
A
Angels we have heard on high,
A
sweetly singing o 'er the plains.
And the mountains in reply,
echoing their joyous strains.
E
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A
E
Glory in excelsis Deo.
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