Chords
Mary And Joseph

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
 C                                         C/G 
Mary was the first of three
 F                                               F9 
Long black hair and sugar sweet
 C                               Am           A4     C7M       C 
Daddy's eyes and Momma's crooked smile
 C                                 C/G 
She was barely seventeen
 F                                             F9 
Got a job keepin' dishes clean
 C                                             C9             Am 
Planned to stay in this city for a while
             C2       C       F 
For a while
 C                                     C/G 
Joseph ran a lumber yard
 F                                           F9 
About a mile from Olive park
 C                           Am                                   F 
Quiet boy, he never had much to say
 C                                                   C/G 
It was love right from the start
 F                                                           F9 
He bought a ring and won Mary's heart
 C                           C9                   Am   A4 
Had hopes for a home and kids someday
                 C2   C         F           C  C/G   F 
Kids someday
 C                                                       C/G 
The angel scared her half to death
 F                                                                           F9 
She would've screamed but she lost her breath
 C                         Am                                                 F 
On a midnight there in the middle of May
 C                                                 C/G 
He said "Oh Mary, don't be afraid
 F                                                                   F9 
You'll bear a son that the Lord has made
 C                             Am                                   F 
Call him Jesus, He'll light the way"

 C                                                                     C/G 
She packed the clothes, he made the plans
 F                                         F9 
They had to go to Bethlehem
 C                           Am                                 F 
But there was nowhere left to stay
 C                                         C/G 
So in a barn she gave birth
 F                                                                 F9 
To the King of Kings, the Lord of Earth
 C                                                                                 Am 
Just a little bitty thing sleeping on the hay
                                 C  C/G           F 
Sleeping on the hay
 C                                             C/G 
The story's too long to tell
 F                                                                             F9 
But He walked on water and lived through hell
 C                                     Am                           C2   C 
Killed on a cross and rose from the grave
 C                                                 C/G 
We got a King, they got a Son
 F                                                         F9 
Mary and Joseph were the only ones
 C                                               C/G           F 
There on that very first Christmas day
 F                                     F9                     C 
There on that very first Christmas day
 D2  Am  F           Am  D2   F         C  C/G  F           D2           F 
                                                            (fading out)