Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Novice
The music need to be played in fragment, as the way they sing the song is unique.
Intro short but it can be prolong a bit..
For verse after "Tales of how it used to be"
it can be revised to
"Christmas tree, Christmas gift
Joyous families"
then continue "Treasures found...
Difficulty: Easy
Tuning : E-A-D-G-B-E
Intro:
A augmentedA DmDm C majorC
Verse 1:
C majorC FF C majorC
We dim the light, We stoke the fire
D MajorD
We breathe the ever-green
A minorAm E MajorE
Young ones wait
C majorC A minorAm
While the old ones make up
C majorC D MajorD
Tales of how it used to be
C majorC FF
China dolls, candy corn
C majorC D MajorD
Painted wooden toys
A minorAm E MajorE DmDm
Treasures found to the wondrous sound
DmDm A minorAm
Of carolling the Savior
FF C majorC
Born to us on Christmas morn
Chorus:
G+G FF
Emmanuel, God with us
G+G A minorAm
Emmanuel..
G+G FF
Emmanuel, God with us
DmDm FF C majorC
The son of Israel
Verse 2:
C majorC FF C majorC
And still he calls through the night
D MajorD
Beyond the days of old
A minorAm E MajorE DmDm
A augmentedA voice of peace to the weary ones
C majorC A minorAm D MajorD
Who struggle with the human soul
C majorC FF C majorC
All of us travellers
D MajorD
Through a given time
A minorAm E MajorE C majorC D MajorD
Who can know what tomorrow holds
C majorC
But over the horizon
DmDm FF C majorC
Surely you and I will find
Chorus:
G+G FF
Emmanuel, God with us
G+G A minorAm
Emmanuel..
G+G FF
Emmanuel, God with us
DmDm FF C majorC
The son of Israel
Outro:
E MajorE A minorAm
And the years they come
E MajorE A minorAm
And the years they go
E MajorE A minorAm A augmentedA
Then we may forget somehow
DmDm G+G C majorC
That the child once born in Bethlehem
B minorBm E MajorE
Is still among us now
Chorus:
G+G FF
Emmanuel, God with us
G+G A minorAm
Emmanuel..
G+G FF
Emmanuel, God with us
DmDm A minorAm
The son of Israel
DmDm FF A minorAm
The son of Israel
DmDm FF C majorC
The son of Is..Israel