The Little Drummer Boy chords by Donald lawrence, The Tri-City Singers

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C#sus4
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F#sus4

Verse 1
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I just want to tell y
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'all a little story
about how we should give all that
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we have to Christ.
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We should give our last to him
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because he gave his life for us.
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Y 'all with me out there?
This is a little story about a boy who came an
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d gave the Lord the very best that he had.
You know we need to
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give God all that we have.
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Y 'all with me?
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Anyway, one day he walked out,
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there was a lot of excitement in the town,
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and people were walking and running,
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and they had gifts in their arms,
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and he wondered, what was going on?
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Where were they going?
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What was all the excitement about?
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And one person came up,
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and another person came up,
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and they came to him,
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and this is what they said.
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They said, come. Come. Oh, yeah.
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They told her. Come. Come. Come.
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It was a newborn king that was born.
A newborn king to see.
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Ruh -puh -puh -puh.
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And they had the finest gifts in them.
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The finest gifts we bring.
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Ruh -puh -puh -puh.
And the reason they had this,
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they had to lay it down before
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this newborn king.
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To lay before him.
Oh, hallelujah.
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Ruh -puh -puh -puh.
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Csus4 
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Huh, buh -buh -buh huh,
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buh -buh -buh huh
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You made it now, Jesse    Taft,

Verse 2
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here to you.
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Thank you, Jesus.
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Oh, when we come.
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When we come.
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Hey, what kind of church here?
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I think I want to change the key right
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here.
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Well, I  got up in front of the king
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and I   said this, said, little baby,
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little baby.
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You see, I'm a poor boy just
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like  you are.
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No, I don't have a lot
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of money.
everybody got such fine gifts
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and I'm embarrassed because I
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don't have those kind of gifts.
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I couldn't afford to buy them
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and you   know I just really didn't have anything that was worthy of  you,
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because you're the king, you're the king.
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Oh, forgot.
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Can I, can I play my little
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drum for you?
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Can I   play my little drum for you?
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Can I offer you this sincere praise that I have,
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Lord?
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Oh, hallelujah.
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I feel this thing.
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Think I   want to change the   key
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one more time.
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Hey. Well, I got my little drum out,
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and I got the feeling,
and I got the grooving with it.
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And you know what?
I looked over at his mother,
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and she was nodding.
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She      was feeling the beat I was playing.
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C 
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Hey. You know what?
The Shekinah Glory came in the house,
and I looked around,
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and the animals was nodding.
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The animals was rock
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in' with the beat.
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Hey! See, when God comes in the building,
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everybody's got to move.
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Hey! I      played so...
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I played so I felt it myself,
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and then I tried to play my best.
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Oh! Hey, I played my drum.
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I played it. I played it.
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Then when I looked down at Him,
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He smiled at me.
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Oh, and when His smile taught,
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I   couldn't help but cry.
I couldn't help but cry
when I was looking at the
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little baby Jesus.
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Smiling at somebody
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that He didn't even know.
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Came just to give His life just for me.
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Oh, he smiled at me
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and the tears came more,
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more, they came,
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a shiver came over me y and I
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couldn't hardly play no more
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because I   saw him look up
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and I realized he was
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the light of the world.
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He smiled at me,
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me, and my drum,
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me and my drum, yeah,
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oh yeah, me and my drum.
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And from then on I knew I
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was going to bless him
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with everything I had.
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Oh, I'm going pray.
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I'm going to bless him.
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Hey, if you want your trouble to leave,
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just bless him with your drum.
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If you want your bills to
get away from you,
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just bless the Lord.
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Hey, just look at somebody and say, I'll praise him,
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A 
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I'll praise him, I'll bless him, hey!
Say it like you mean it, y 'all.
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Just me.
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Or if I have to do it by my self,
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I'm gonna bless him.
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Hey! Thank you, Lord.
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I praise him.
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I praise him.
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I feel this thing. I feel
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it.
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I Come on, y 'all.
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Just praise him.
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Praise him.
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He's worthy.
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He's worthy.
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He's worthy. He's worthy.