Misc Musicals – The Christmas Post - Start At The Manger (Guitar)

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This is a beautiful song that comes from a fun play called "The Christmas Post". This is arranged for 3/4 time with the chord changes creating a Lullaby feel. I did the arrangement with that idea. In can be simplified by Using Just the F for all the F changes, The Dm for the Dm changes, and so on. If you do it with these changes I think the song will sound great and build a lot of beginner players. Note: the simplest Gm11 chord is one finger. Gm11: 3-3-3-3-3-3 (those being the frets). [Intro] F2 F Fsus F F2 F Fsus [Verse 1]
F             F2  F Fsus       F            Dm9   Dm Dsus
Start at the manger,      On a cold winter night

Dm           Bb2         Bb   Gm      Gm7        Csus  C  C7
Look for the star in the sky,    Then follow its light

   Csus       F2  F Fsus     F            Dm9   Dm Dsus
It leads to a Savior, For a world that is lost

Dm           Gm      Csus      Bb/C        F2  F  Fsus F  F2 F  Fsus
Start at the manger,    Then go to the cross

F             F2  F Fsus       F            Dm9   Dm Dsus
Start at the manger,    At the Child in the hay

    Dm           Bb2      Bb     Gm      Gm7           Csus  C  C7
The gift of our Father in heav'n,   The price He would pay

   Csus         F2   F Fsus     F         Dm9   Dm Dsus
To save all His children,   No matter the cost

Dm           Gm      Csus     Bb/C      F2  F  Fsus F  F2 F  Fsus F
Start at the manger,     Then go to the cross
[Bridge]
 B2                      F2
Imagine that you own The wealth of the world

Gm7        Bb/C       Fmaj7
All of its silver and gold

     Bb2                  F2
What good will it do When tomorrow arrives

Gm           Gm7               Gm11  C7
   And your heart is empty and cold
[Verse 3]
             F2  F Fsus       F          Dm9   Dm Dsus
Start at the manger,  Where redemption began

      Dm           Bb2           Bb    Gm      Gm7      Csus  C  C7
When Jesus stepped Down from His throne,    To die as a man

Csus        F2   F Fsus       F             Dm9   Dm Dsus
All of our riches,    We will count them as loss

      Dm           Gm    Csus      Bb/C        F2  F  Fsus
If we start at the manger,     Then go to the cross
[Tag]
      Dm           Gm    Csus      Bb/C        F2  F  Fsus F  F2 F  Fsus F
If we start at the manger,     Then go to the cross