Bethlehem Chords by Chris De Burgh

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I saw [G] _ three kings [F]
riding through the desert as the day [C] begins.
[A] _
We bring [G] _ great joy [C] _
[F] to the birth [G] of a baby boy.
[C] _
By the star [G] we have been led [Dm] _
to this place [Am] that someone said, [F] the people that _ [Em] you're
not going to be here [A] at all.
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I saw [G] _ two birds, [C] one [F] was a hawk, the other [G] was a dove.
[A] _
One said, [G] I am war, [F] the other one said, [G] I am love.
[C] _
As they flew [G] up to the sky, [Dm] they got too close [Am] to the sun, and [F] with a flash of light, [Em] the
dove fell to [A] the ground.
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[G] Sometimes [F] we never know [G] _ [Am] _
[G] when it's time [F] for letting go.
_ [G] _ [Am] _
[G] Last night I [F] heard them say, _ [C]
no!
_ _ [G] _ _ We [D] will never let that happen again, but [F] it's a long, long way from [G] here _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ to _ [Am] _
Bethlehem. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ One man [F]
saying that the lion _ is [C] alive, [A]
but in the case [G] there's nothing left.
[F] The lion has gone, the [G] lamb is dead, [C] _
no one [G] gets in or out.
[Dm]
And to be [Am] heard, they got a shout, [F] that the words of the Lord [Em] are written on the city
[A] wall.
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I saw [G] _ Saint Paul [F]
talking to the devil like the best of [C] friends.
[A] _
They said, [G] let's make a deal [F] and bring this curse and [G] war to an end.
[C] _
As they stood [G] there shaking hands, [Dm] the devil signed his [Am] name to the plan.
_ [F] After a couple of days, [Em] there was nothing there [A] at all.
_ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] Sometimes [F] we never know [G] _ [Am] _
[G] when it's time [F] for letting go.
[G] _ [Am] _
[G] Last night [F] I heard them say, _ [C]
no!
_ _ [G] _ _ We [D] will never let that happen again, but [F] it's a long, long way from [G] here to [Am] Bethlehem.
_ _ _ _ _ Yes, it's [F] a long, long way from [G] here to _ [A] _
Bethlehem.
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_ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ Much [D] has [E] changed in the modern [A] world. _
[D] There's no time [E] for the long [A] ago. _
[D] Many [E] problems that [F#m] we have are [F] from the greatest _ [G] story _ ever [A] told.
_ _ _ _ And it's a long, [Am] long way to Bethlehem.
It's a long, long way to Bethlehem.
It's a long, long way to _ Bethlehem.
It's a long,