Because Of Bethlehem chords by Matthew West

✝ Intro:

B  B/B   G
G  F  B

✝ Verse 1:
        B/B         G
Just a tiny nowhere town
        G       F    B
With a tiny no-room inn
  B                 G                   F    B
This is where the greatest story ever told begins
              B/B          G
Where just a tiny beating heart
           G       F     Bm
Had all creation leaning in
       B        F/C    Bm      F
That night the world forever changed
    G       F    B
Because of Bethlehem

✝ Instrumental:
B  B/B   G
G  F  B

✝ Verse 2:
              B/B           G
It's where a star led to a stable
              G     F     B
A baby’s cry made angels sing
               B/B        G
And the search to find a Savior
         G        F    Bm
Led to Heaven’s humble King
           B/B               G
Where the wise men found the answer
       G        F        Bm
The shepherds found the lamb
       B   F/C    Bm   F
And I found my Im-man-uel
    G       F     B
Because of Bethlehem

✝ Chorus:
          G
Love is born
          B
Hope is here
           Bm
Heaven’s light
                           F
Has made the darkness disappear
            G
Peace on earth
              B
Good will to men
         Fm7
God with us
        F            B
All because of Bethlehem

✝ Instrumental:
B  B/B   G
G  F  B

✝ Verse 3:
        B/B       G
From a child in a cradle
      G     F     B
To a king upon a cross
    B/B                       G
He knew the road was leading Him
    G      F      Bm
To pay a crimson cost
         B/B                 G
And when no other arms could carry (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
      G        F      Bm
The weight of all our sin (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
    B        F/C         Bm       F
He took the fall and it happened all (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    G        F    B
Because of Bethlehem (Ooh-ooh-ooh)

✝ Chorus:

          G
Love is born
          B
Hope is here
           Bm
Heaven’s light
                           F
Has made the darkness disappear
            G
Peace on earth
              B
Good will to men
         Fm7
God with us
        F            B
All because of Bethlehem
        F            B
All because of Bethlehem

✝ Verse 4:
                 B/B        G
From a tomb that love left empty
               G     F    B
To a Father’s right hand throne
       B/B                   G
And a promise He’s preparing us
        G      F        Bm
A place we’ll soon call home
    B          F/C    Bm     F
He who came to earth from heaven
    G     F    B
Is coming back again
      G        F      Bm
And our eyes will see eternity
    G        F    B
Because of Bethlehem

✝ Chorus:

          G
Love is born
          B
Hope is here
           Bm
Heaven’s light
                           F
Has made the darkness disappear
            G
Peace on earth
              B
Good will to men
         Fm7
God with us
        F            B
All because of Bethlehem

✝ Outro:
B  B/B   G
G  F  B