A              D
LONG TIME AGO IN BETHLEHEM
     E          A
SO THE HOLY BIBLE SAY
               D
MARY’S BOY CHILD, JESUS CHRIST
  E                 A
WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY

Reff:

A           D         E      A   
HARK, NOW HEAR THE ANGELS SING,
   D       Bm       E
A NEW KING BORN TODAY
  A                D     Bm    
AND MAN WILL LIVE FOR EVER MORE,
E                A
BECAUSE OF CHRISTMAS DAY

A            D        E     A    
TRUMPETS SOUND AND ANGELS SING,
 D        Bm         E
LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY
   A                 D    Bm    
THAT MAN WILL LIVE FOR EVER MORE,
E                    A
BECAUSE OF CHRISTMAS DAY

      A                           D
WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCH THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT
          E                 A
THEM SEE A BRIGHT NEW SHINING STAR
                D
THEM HEAR A CHOIR SING
                   E         A
THE MUSIC SEEMED TO COME FROM A FAR

A                   D
NOW JOSEPH AND HIS WIFE MARY
       E               A
COME TO BETHLEHEM THAT NIGHT
                    D
THEM FIND NO PLACE TO BORN HER CHILD
           E            A
NOT A SINGLE ROOM WAS IN SIGHT

A                      D
BY AND BY THEY FIND A LITTLE NOOK
    E             A
IN A STABLE ALL FORLORN
              D
AND IN A MANGER COLD AND DARK
      E             A
MARY’S LITTLE BOY WAS BORN