Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard
Play the G#* like this, or it won’t sound right.
Ab*
e|---X---|
BB|---5---|
G+G|---4---|
D MajorD|---2---|
A augmentedA|---X---|
E MajorE|---4---|
Intro: A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Verse 1:
D MajorD
Do you find it hard to sleep tonight,
A augmentedA
Resting by the Christmas lights?
D MajorD A augmentedA
Could there be something you forgot?
D MajorD
Beyond the bows and mistletoe,
A augmentedA
The tree with presents wrapped below,
D MajorD A augmentedA
There’s more to this than you had ever thought.
G+G E MajorE
Have we lost the reason that we celebrate each year?
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
What is Christmas,
D MajorD B minorBm F# minorF#m
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger?
E MajorE D MajorD
What is Christmas without Christ?
D MajorD A augmentedA
Verse 2:
D MajorD
Remember how the story goes:
A augmentedA
God’s gift was wrapped in swaddling clothes,
D MajorD A augmentedA
Beneath the star, one great and holy night.
D MajorD
The shepherds heard the angels sing.
A augmentedA
The wise men brought an offering.
D MajorD A augmentedA
Peace on Earth began in Bethlehem.
G+G E MajorE
Have we lost the reason that we celebrate each year?
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
What is Christmas,
D MajorD B minorBm F# minorF#m
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger?
E MajorE
What is Christmas,
D MajorD B minorBm F# minorF#m
If the angels never sang, "Glory to the newborn King"?
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
What is Christmas without Christ?
Bridge:
There’d be no
F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
"Glo-o-o-oria,
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
In excelsis deo.
F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
Glo-o-o-oria,
F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
In excelsis de-e-o."
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
What is Christmas,
D MajorD B minorBm F# minorF#m
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger.
E MajorE D MajorD
What is Christmas without Christ?
Final Chorus:
A augmentedA
E MajorE
This is Christmas!
D MajorD B minorBm
It’s all about a Savior wrapped in a manger.
F# minorF#m Ab*
This is Christmas,
D MajorD B minorBm F# minorF#m D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE
Because of Jesus Chri-ist.
A augmentedA E MajorE
This is Christmas,
F# minorF#m Ab*
Because of Christ,
A augmentedA
Because of Christ.