Christmas Day On Planet Earth chords by Lennie Gallant

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: B

("Lyrics in brackets sung by all.")

(Hallelujah
Hallelujah!)




🎄 Verse 1:
                       G                       C
They were cold in the night
and she was with child.
             G                         D
They needed lodging
to be safe for a while.
                 G                               C
They knocked on doors, (hmmmm) they were turned away. (ahhh no)
            G        D                    G
No room no shelter
for them on that day. (poor little child)

🎄 Verse 2:
           G                                      C
Away in a manger, (Silent night)    so the story goes. (Holy night)
           G                              D
A king of heaven
came to let us know. (Gloria)
                       G                              C
There is hope for the helpless
for the homeless too. (all is calm)
                  G         D                     G
For the lost and lonely
there is love for you. (Gloria)


🎄 Chorus:
              C                                   Em
On Christmas Day, (What child is this) on planet earth, (joy to the world)
        D                          Am
we celebrate, (ahhhhhh)  a simple birth. (Hallelujah)
           C                                          Em
A tale to teach, (fall on your knees)    how to give love. (aaahhhh)
            D                                   Am     Am                 D7
A child to lead, (O holy night)    like a star above. (Hallelujah
Hallelujah)


🎄 Verse 3:
                  G                                    C
There is so much sorrow, (so much hurt)     people in need. (many souls)
                 G                            D
Cast from their homes
by hate and greed. (so many wars)
                        G                                C
There’s a knock at the door, (Listen now!)     hear it again. (I’m listening)
           G                           G
Echoes of that night
in Bethlehem. (Hallelujah!)


🎄 Chorus:
              C                                   Em
On Christmas Day, (What child is this) on planet earth, (joy to the world)
        D                          Am
we celebrate, (ahhhhhh)  a simple birth. (Hallelujah)
           C                                          Em
A tale to teach, (fall on your knees)    how to give love. (aaahhhh)
            D                                   Am
A child to lead, (O holy night)    like a star above.
Am                          C
(On Christmas Day we open
the gift of love and hope and)
Em                                          D
(Light a candle for the lost and homeless
sing a hymn for the birth of Jesus)
Am                             C
(Unlock the doors and windows
let love and kindness all flow)
Em                                     D
(Light a candle for the hungry child
sing a hymn for the birth….)


              C                                   Em
On Christmas Day, (What child is this) on planet earth, (joy to the world)
        D                          Am
we celebrate, (ahhhhhh)  a simple birth. (Hallelujah)
           C                                          Em
A tale to teach, (fall on your knees)    how to give love. (aaahhhh)
            D                                   Am
A child to lead, (O holy night)    like a star above

              Am            C                       D        G
(On Christmas Day we open
the gift of love and hope for all.)