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Mary And Joseph chords by Dave Barnes

  • D

  • G

  • Dsus4

  • Em

  • A

  • F#m

    2
Intro 1
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Dsus4
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Verse 1
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Mary
was the first of three
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Long, black hair and sugar sweet
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Daddy's eyes and mama's
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Em
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crooked smile
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She was barely seventeen,
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got a job keepin' dishes clean
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Planned to stay in the city
for awhile (for awhile)
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Em
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D

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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Joseph
ran a lumber yard
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About a mile from Olive Park
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Quiet boy,
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he never had much to say
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It was love right from the start
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Bought a ring and won Mary's heart
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Had hopes for a home and kid
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s someday (kids someday)
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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The angels scared her half to death
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She would have screamed,
but she lost her breath
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On a midnight there in the
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middle of May
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He said, "Oh Mary, don't be afraid
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You'll bear a son that the Lord has made
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Name him Jesus, He'll light the way"
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Interlude 3
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She packed the clothes,
Verse 4
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he made the plans
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They had to go to Bethlehem
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But there was nowhere left
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D
to stay at the inn
So, in a barn she gave birth
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To the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords
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Just a little bitty thing sleeping on the hay
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(sleeping on the
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hay)
Verse 5
The story's to long to tell
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But walked on water and lived through hell
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Keeled on a cross,
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and rose from the grave
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We got a King, they got a Son
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Mary & Joseph were the only ones
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There on that very first Christmas day
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F#m
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There on that very first Christmas day
Outro 1
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A
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