Misc Christmas – How Far Is It To Bethlehem (Guitar)

Capo 1 Video Lesson
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Chords

capo? fingerstyle? (up) means a upward change in pitch [Intro] G C Em A D G C D G [Verse]
G                C
[tab]    Am       D
    Not very far.

G                 C
Shall we find the stable-room

    D        G
    Lit by a star?
[Verse]
G              C
Can we see the little Child?

    Em A     D
    Is He within?

   G           C
If we lift the wooden latch,

    D         G
    May we go in?
[Chorus]
F            Em
How far, how far

    F          Am
How far to Bethlehem

   F             D   G
How far is it to Bethlehem
[Verse]
G                 C
May we stroke the creatures there —

    Am          D
    Ox, ass, or sheep?

    G            C
May we peep like them and see

    D      G
    Jesus asleep?
[Verse]
Em              Bm7
If we touch His tiny hand,

    C        Am    D
    Will He awake?...

G                  C
Will He know we've come so far

    D            G
    Just for His sake?
[Chorus]
F            Em
How far, how far

    F          Am
How far to Bethlehem

   F             D   G
How far is it to Bethlehem
[Verse]
G                C
Great kings have precious gifts,

    Am     Em   D
    And we have naught;

G                 C
Little smiles and little tears

        D           G
    Are all we have brought.
[Verse]
G             C
For all weary children

   Am     Em   D
   Heaven must weep;

G            C
Here, on His bed of straw,

    D                G
    Sleep, children, sleep.
[Chorus - no sing?]
F            Em
How far, how far

    F          Am
How far to Bethlehem

   F             D   G
How far is it to Bethlehem
[Verse]
G               C
God, in (up)His mother's arms,

    Em    C      D
    Babes in the byre,

G              C
Sleep, as they sleep who find

    D             G
    Their heart's desire.
[Outro]
F            Em
How far, how far

    F          Am
How far to Bethlehem

   F             D   G
How far is it to Bethlehem
original lyrics by Frances Chesterton