The Borning Day chords by 
The Brothers Four 
N/A
Key: E minor•
Verse 1
Em
B
Em
B
Em
Mary and the baby, hungry.
B
Em
D
Yes, we know what hungry mean.
Em
A
So we bring them peas and rice
Em
A
Em
and a little ginger tea.
G
Am
G
D
Only pi geon, peas and rice,
G
D
G
a little ginger tea.
Am
G
D
Mary thanked us with her eyes.
G
D
Em
She poured the same as we.
C
G
Em
She poured the same as we.
B
Em
Mary and the baby, lonely,
D
and lonely is not good to be.
Em
A
So we sit a while, and we chat a while,
Em
A
to keep them company.
Em
G
D
Stay a while, make the baby smile,
G
D
G
pas t the time of day.
Am
D
When we see how pleased they be,
G
Em
it makes us glad we stay,
C
B
Em
B
so glad that we could stay.
Em
B
Mary and the baby weary,
Em
D
oh, we know what weary be.
Em
So we make a bed and
A
pillow for their head
Em
A
Em
with down from the maho tree.
G
D
Only down from the maho tree
G
D
G
to rest them soft and good.
D
We feel bad, these be all we had
G
Em
But we do the best we could
C
Bm
B
Em
We do the be st we could
Mary and the babe rest easy
D
We go away and let them be
Em
B
Em
A
Em
On hush tip -toe and voice kept low,
we look up and see
G
D
Star of hope shine in the sky
G
D
G
to mark the baby's birth
D
Seems to say it's the morning day
G
Em
of better times on earth
C
G
B
Of bet ter times on ward
Outro 1
Em
B
Em
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