Matthew's Begats Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][Em][C][G][D][Em]
[C]
[G]Abraham

[Verse 1]
had [D]Isaac
[Em]Isaac, he had Jac[C]ob
[G]Jacob, he had[D] Judah and his[C] kin[D]
Then [B]Perez and Zerah
Came [Em]from Judah's woman, Tamar
[B]Perez, he brought Hezron up
And [A]then [D]came

[Verse 2]
Ara[G]m, then [D]Amminadab
[Em]Then Nahshon, who [C]was then
the dad [G]of Salmon
[D]Who with Rahab [C]fathered [D]Boaz
Ruth, [B]she married Boaz who [Em]had Obed
Who had Jesse
[B]Jesse, he had David who
we [A]know as [G]king

[Verse 3]
[G]David, he had So[D]lomon by
[Em]dead Uriah's [C]wife
So[G]lomon, well [D]you all know him
[Em]He had good old Re[C]hoboam[G]
Followed by [D]Abijah who [C]had Asa
[D]Asa[B] had Jehoshaphat had
[Em]Joram had Uzziah
Who had [B]Jotham then
Ahaz then [A]Hezekiah
[D]Fol

[Verse 4]
[G]lowed by Man[D]asseh
who [Em]had Amon
Who was [C]a man
Who was [G]father of a [D]good
boy named Jo[C]siah
[D]Who[B] grandfathered Jehoiachin
Who [Em]caused the Babylonian
cap[B]tivity
Because he was [A]a liar[D]

[Verse 5]
[G]Then he had [D]Shealtiel,
[Em]who begat Zeru[C]bbabel
[G]Who[D] had Abiud who had Eli[C]akim[D]
[B]Eliakim had Azor who had
[Em]Zadok who had Akim
[B]Akim was the father of [A]Eli[D]ud then
[G]He had Eleaz[D]ar who [Em]had
Matthan who had [C]Jacob

[Verse 6]
Now, [G]listen very [D]closely
I don't [C]want to sing this [D]twice
[B]Jacob was the father of [Em]Joseph
The husband of [C]Mary
The [D]mother of [G]Christ