The Best You Can (A Christmas Song) chords by Grover Anderson

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (B minor) On  (A major) a quiet
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 (D major) night,
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two  (A major) weary folks
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 (E minor) Rode into Bethlehem
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but could (B minor) n't find a  (A major) host
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So they made their  (D major) stay
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among the  (A major) cows and sheep
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The  (E minor) babe was on his way
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and  (B minor) neither one of them could  (A major) sleep
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 (G major) The prophets told of a sim
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 (A major) ple child given gold  (G major) 
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Who'd come to save their souls  (A major) 
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He was  (D major) born to  (A major) die
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To  (E minor) give his love and
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to  (B minor) give his life
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 (A major) He brought hope  (D major) for every
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woman  (A major) an d man
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An (E minor) d   he left with a promise
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to  (B minor) come back again  (A major) 
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And  (G major) until then,
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love each  (A major) other the best you can
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 (D major)  (A major) Mary kept her  (D major) grace
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With the joy  (A major) and the pain
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She  (E minor) knew in that one moment
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The world  (B minor) had been changed
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 (A major) While Joseph  (D major) wept
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He wiped  (A major) his woman's brow
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The  (E minor) Son of God was his to raise
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Hoping  (B minor) no  one had told him  (A major) how
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 (G major) But he loved that child like  (A major) it was his own
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To  (G major) teach him man cannot survive
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on  (A major) bread alone
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He was  (D major) born to  (A major) die,
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to  (E minor) give his love and pain
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To  (B minor) give his life
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 (A major) he brought hope  (D major) for every
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woman an (A major) d man
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and  (E minor) he left with a promise
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to  (B minor) come back again
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 (A major) and  (G major) un til then
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love each  (A major) other the best you can
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 (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (A major) 
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 (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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One day  (D major) I'll have  (A major) children too
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And  (E minor) when that day comes,
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who knows  (B minor) how I'll do
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 (A major) But I'll  (D major) try my  (A major) be st to show
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In  (E minor) this short time,
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there's just one  (B minor) thing you need to  (A major) know
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We were  (D major) born to  (A major) die, then  (E minor) live again
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In the  (B minor) glory of His light,
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 (A major) learn to forgive  (D major) your fel (A major) low man
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And even  (E minor) if  you don't know the Lord,
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it ain't hard  (B minor) to live like Him
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 (A major) And above  (G major) all, love each  (A major) other
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the best you can (D major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (A major) 
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Above  (G major) all, love each  (A major) other
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the best you can (D major) 
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Oh,  (A major) the best you can (B minor)  (A major) 
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Above all,  (G major) love each  (A major) other the best you can.