On To Bethlehem Town chords by Christmas Songs

Chords with lyrics

This is a fantastic Welsh carol that deserves to be part of every Christmas celebration. The title in Welsh is
Tua Bethlehem Derf, and it is tricky to find a good version. There is a band called "Lost Hollow" who has a
nice arrangement available on Spotify that I recommend. I won't be writing their arrangement, but they show
that there is plenty of room in this song for creative harmonies and musical breaks. Enjoy what
may be the most haunting melody in all of Christmas music.

A minorAm can be substituted for A5, but for solo acoustic it adds an important texture.

 A5A5
E--5

B--5
G--2
D--2
A--0
E--x

On to Bethlehem Town

Verse 1:

 A minorAm    DmDm      A minorAm
On to Bethlehem Town

          G+G    A minorAm
Join the crowd and travel down

 DmDm          G/BG/B         A minorAm
Down the road that leads us to the cradle

 A5A5   G+G       A5A5
Come all who are able

 FF    C majorC       G+G  A minorAm
Come, come to the stable

   DmDm             A minorAm      E MajorE
With hearts full of joy as we kneel and pray

 A minorAm     G+G     A minorAm
Come and see the child

         G+G   A minorAm
With his mother Mary mild

 DmDm        G/BG/B        A minorAm
Come along and worship at the cradle

Verse 2:

 A minorAm       DmDm     A minorAm
There we'll see the boy

          G+G      A minorAm
Hearts abound with boundless joy

 DmDm      G/BG/B     A minorAm
In the everlasting word

 A5A5    G+G    A5A5
We'll bow before him

 FF    C majorC     G+G    A minorAm
Come, come and adore him

 DmDm               A minorAm       E MajorE
Bringing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh

 A minorAm     G+G    A minorAm
On to Bethlehem town

          G+G    A minorAm
Join the crowd and travel down

 DmDm          G/BG/B         A minorAm
Down the road that leads us to the cradle