The Manger chords by Anne Wilson (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G

♫ Intro:

 G      C/G  G      C  D(4)     G  Gsus G

♫ Verse 1:
        G                          C/G               G
They’re putting decorations up in front of my old church
    Cmaj7                 D(4)            G
The shepherds, and the wisemen, and the hay.
        C                           G            D/F#   Em
There’s Joseph and his Mary lookin’ down at Heaven’s    birth,
        Cmaj7            D(4)            G     Gsus    G
And the angels saying “Don’t you be afraid.”

♫ Verse 2:
   G                                 C/G                G
It makes me stop and think about how You showed up down here
     Cmaj7         D(4)          G
In a humble bed made of nails and wood.
    C                                         G    D/F#   Em
You could have picked a palace, something more fit for a King,
    Cmaj7          D(4)          G
But then the story wouldn’t be as good.


♫ Chorus:
         C                             G
From the highest of the high, to the lowest of the low,
     Em                           D
That stable tells a story of the distance You will go.
        C                                 G       D/F#    Em               C
For the lonely and the lost, there’s no sinner too   far gone to find a Savior
Cm              G          C/G  G
Lyin’ in the manger.


♫ Verse 3:
          G                                    C/G                G
There’s a star up in the sky that’s calling all    the least of these,
      Cmaj7                 D(4)          G
“Come make your way to where your hope is   found.”
C                               G       D/F#     Em
If I’m honest, some days I feel too far out of reach,
        Cmaj7      D(4)                G
But the manger reminds me love reached down.


♫ Chorus:
         C                              G
From the highest of the high, to the lowest of the low,
     Em                            D
That stable tells a story of the distance You will go.
        C                                 G        D/F#       Em               C
For the lonely and the lost, there’s no sinner toO   far   gone   to find a Savior
Cm             G          C/G      G        C    D(4)    G     C/G  G
Lyin’ in the manger.                             Oh


♫ Verse 4:
         G                            C/G                G
You were carried by a manger and just thirty-three years later
     Cmaj7            D(4)           G
By a rugged cross made from nails and wood.
        C                                 G            D/F#    Em
And the tears fill up my eyes, You didn’t have to give    Your life,
    Cmaj7            D(4)        G             G(2)   G
But then the story wouldn’t be as good.


♫ Chorus:
         C                             G
From the highest of the high, to the lowest of the low,
     Em                            D
That stable tells a story of the distance You will go.
        C                                 G        D/F#     Em              C
For the lonely and the lost, there’s no sinner toO  far   gone to find a Savior
Cm                  G          C/G      G          C    D(4)    G
Lyin’ in the manger.