Christmas Must Be Tonight chords by The Band

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Christmas Must Be Tonight
by The Band

Intro:
G+G  E minorEm  G+G  E minorEm

Verse 1:
         G+G           A minorAm
Come down to the manger, see the little stranger
C majorC              D MajorD     G+G
Wrapped in swaddling, oh the prince of peace
         G+G           A minorAm
the Wheels start turning, torches start burning
    C majorC          D MajorD    G+G
And the old wise men journey from the East

Chorus:
   E minorEm     A minorAm      D MajorD       G+G
How a little baby boy bring the people so much joy
          A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC           A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC
Son of a carpenter,     Mary carried the light
       A minorAm       D MajorD G+G      E minorEm
This must be Christmas, must be tonight


Link:
G+G  E minorEm   G+G  E minorEm


Verse 2:
        G+G            A minorAm
A augmentedA shepherd on a hillside, where over my flock I bide
    C majorC          D MajorD      G+G
On a cold winter night a band of angels sing
       G+G                A minorAm
In a dream I heard a voice saying "fear not, come rejoice
     C majorC                D MajorD     G+G
It's the end of the beginning, praise the new born king"


Chorus:
   E minorEm     A minorAm      D MajorD       G+G
How a little baby boy bring the people so much joy
        A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC            A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC
Son of a carpenter,   Mary carried the light
       A minorAm       D MajorD G+G      E minorEm
This must be Christmas, must be tonight

Link:
G+G  E minorEm


Verse 3:
       G+G            A minorAm
I saw it with my own eyes, written up in the skies
  C majorC           D MajorD    G+G
But why a simple herdsmen such as I
      G+G          A minorAm
And then it came to pass, he was born at last
C majorC             D MajorD     G+G
Right below the star that shines on high


Chorus:
   E minorEm     A minorAm      D MajorD       G+G
How a little baby boy bring the people so much joy
        A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC            A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC
Son of a carpenter,   Mary carried the light
       A minorAm       D MajorD G+G      E minorEm
This must be Christmas, must be tonight


Link:
G+G  E minorEm


Refrain:
         A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC            A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC
Son of a carpenter,    Mary carried the light
       A minorAm       D MajorD G+G      E minorEm
This must be Christmas, must be tonight

   G+G  E minorEm   G+G  E minorEm   G+G  E minorEm   G+G
Be tonight, be tonight, be tonight, be tonight

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