Jars of Clay – Bethlehem Town (Guitar)

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[Verse]
                            Am/E
Oh, Mary, Joseph, rest your eyes

                        Em11
Try not to think of the ending

                             Am/E
World full of empty, He will die

                  D/F#         Em11
But tonight He is still just a child

                             Am/E
The silent night drifts all away

                            Em9
And the angels are dancing around you

                                     G5
There's the joy of knowing He'll save the world

    C5add9       G5/B            Am
Overshadowing the pain that He'll go through
[Chorus]
          C5add9
   Have you cursed at the wind

          G5/B
   Have you cried to the heavens

          Am7              D/F#      G5
   Have you fought with this mercy you don't understand

          C5add9
   When the wise men kneel down

      G5/B                            Amadd9/E  E  Am
   To kiss the hand of this king they found

      Ebdim7   Em9
   In Bethlehem town
[Verse]
                            Am/E
Will you hold back the years a while

                                     Em9
Will you dream that this man could always be a child

                        G5
And never carry all the weight

       C5add9       G5/B            Am
Of the dirt and the distance and the company we keep
[Pre-Chorus] C F#m7 B7 [Chorus]
          C5add9
   Have you cursed at the wind

          G5/B
   Have you cried to the heavens

          Am7              D/F#      G5
   Have you fought with this mercy you don't understand

          C5add9
   When the wise men kneel down

      G5/B                            Amadd9/E  E  Am
   To kiss the hand of this king they found

      Ebdim7   Em9
   In Bethlehem town
[Bridge]
               C                A7/C#         D
      And did the stars shine much brighter that night

             C            A7/C#            D           Ebdim7
      You gave birth to the death that would bring us to life

               Em9               G7
      And did the mystery keep you awake

            C            G/B          A
      Was the sound of His little heart too much to take

          C5add9
   When the wise men kneel down

      G5/B                            Amadd9/E E Am Ebdim7
   To kiss the hand of this king they found
[Chorus]
          C5add9
   Have you cursed at the wind

          G5/B
   Have you cried to the heavens

          Am7              D/F#      G5
   Have you fought with this mercy you don't understand

          C5add9
   When the wise men kneel down

      G5/B                            Amadd9/E  E  Am
   To kiss the hand of this king they found

      Ebdim7   Em9
   In Bethlehem town