Chords for Come Hold My Son

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A cold [Eb] _ [Ab] night in _ Bethlehem
_ _ _ [Ab] No [Eb] fire [Ab] to warm her hands
She _ [Fm] _
[Eb] gives birth to the [Ab] Word made flesh _ _
The bread of [Eb] life she puts [Ab] in a manger _
_ _ _ [Db] But [Eb] she won't [Ab] _ understand
_ _ [Db] _ Why [Ab] they come to adore Him
She'll say, come [Eb] hold [Ab] my son
_ _ _ Come [Eb] _ hold [Ab] my son _ _ _ _
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_ At the temple she holds Him
_ _ _ His eyes have seen His salvation
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Dead of [Ab] love's behove Him _ _ _
_ [Eb] She presents Him to [Ab] the _ _ world
[Db] _ She [Eb] _ [Ab] won't understand
_ _ _ [Db] _ Why [Eb] a sword will [Ab] pierce her _ heart
She'll [Db] say, [Eb] come hold [Ab] my son
_ [Db] _ _ [Eb] Come [Ab] hold my _ _ son _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ Come [Ab] hold _ _ Jesus
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Come [Ab] hold _ Jesus _ _
In the streets of Jerusalem _
She _ cries out loud, where is my boy?
_ He's gone to serve his father now _ _
His father's house is where he _ _ _ [Db] dwells
And she [Eb] won't [Ab] _
understand
_ _ _ [Db] His [Eb]
father's standing next [Ab] to _ Him
She'll [Db] say, _ [Ab] come hold my _ son
_ [Db] _ Come [Eb] hold [Ab]
my _ son
_ _ On the [Eb] hill [Ab] of Calvary _ _ _
Woman, [Eb] _ behold [Ab] your son
_ _ She watches Him [Eb] kneel [Ab]
into a tree
_ _ The [F] child she bore grasps [Ab] for air
_ [Db] _
A loud [Eb] cry and her [Ab] heart is _ _ [Db] pierced
The child she [Eb] held [Ab] has gone from _ her
_ His [Eb] body hangs [Ab] without light _ _
They take Him [Eb] down from the [Ab] _ tree
_ _ They lay Him [Eb] in [Ab] His mother's arms
_ _ They [Eb] lay Him in [Ab] her _ _ [Db] arms
She [Ab] won't _ understand _
_ _ [Db] _ Why [Ab] her son [Ab] had to die
She said, [Eb] come hold [Ab] my son _ _ _
Come [Eb] _ hold [Ab] my son
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