Mary And Joseph Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G][D][Dsus4][G]

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

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 2]
[D]Joseph
ran a lumber yard
[G]About a mile from Olive Park
[D]Quiet boy,
he never had much to [G]say[Em][G]
[D]It was love right from the start
[G]Bought a ring and won Mary's heart
[D]Had hopes for a home and kid
[G]s someday (kids someday)[Em]

[Interlude 2]
[G][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 3]
[D]The angels scared her half to death
[G]She would have screamed,
but she lost her breath
[D]On a midnight there in the
middle [G]of [Em]May[G]
[D]He said, "Oh Mary, don't be afraid
[G]You'll bear a son that the Lord has made
[D]Name him Jesus, He'[G]ll light the way"
[Em]

[Interlude 3]
[D][G][Em][D]
[G][A][D][G][D][G]
[D]She packed the clothes,

[Verse 4]
[D]
he made the plans
[G]They had to go to Bethlehem
[D]But there was now[G]here left
to stay [Em]at the [G]inn[D]
So, in a barn she gave birth
To the [G]King of Kings, the Lord of Lords
[D]Just a little bitty thing sleeping on the[G] hay
[Em](sle[G]eping on the[D][G][D][G][D]
[G]hay[D])

[Verse 5]
The story's to long to tell
But [G]walked on water and lived through hell
[D]Keeled on a cross,
and rose from [G]the grave[Em][G]
[D]We got a King, they got a Son
[G]Mary & Joseph were the only ones
[D]There on that very first Chr[G]istmas day
[D]There on that ver[F#m]y first Christmas [G]day

[Outro 1]
[Em][D][G][Em][D][G]
[A][D][G][D][G][D][G]
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