Chords for Graham Kendrick - Thorns in the Straw (Acoustic Trio Sessions)

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_ Since the day the angel [Eb] came it [Fm] seems that everything had [Cm] changed
[Db] the [Ab] only certain thing
[Bb] Was the child that moved [Eb] within
[Ab] On the road that would [Eb] not end
[Fm] winding down to [Cm] Bethlehem
_ [Db] _ So far away [Ab] from home
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] Just a blanket [Eb] on the floor [Fm] of a vacant [Cm] cattle stall
[Db]
There the [Ab] child was born
[Bbm] She held him [Eb] in her arms
[Ab] And as she laid him [Eb] down to sleep [Fm] she wondered would [Cm] it always be
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_ So bitter [Ab] yet so sweet _ _
_ [Fm] And did [Bb] she see
_ In [Ab]
the straw [C] by his [Fm] head a thorn
And did [Bb] she smell [Eb] Mama
[Ab] In the air [C] on that [F]
starry night
_ _ _ _ [Ab] And the words [Eb] of ancient seers
[Fm] tumble down [Cm] the centuries
[Db]
Virgin [Ab] child conceived [Bbm] God with us Prince of Peace
[Ab]
Man of sorrow [Eb] strangest name.
[Fm] Oh Joseph there it [Cm] comes again
[Db] _
_ [Bbm] So bitter [Ab] yet so [Db] sweet
_ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] And did [Bbm] she see
[Eb] In [Ab] the straw [C] by his [Fm] head a thorn
And did [Bbm] she smell
[Eb] _ [Ab] In the air [C] on that [F]
starry night
_ _ _ [Fm] And did she [Bb] hear
An [Eb] angel [Ab] sing
[C] Not so far [Fm]
away
[Ab] Till the [Bb] last the sun
Rose [Ab] blood red [C] in the [F] morning sky _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ And [Ab] as she watched him through [Eb] the years the [Fm] joy was mingled with [Cm] her tears
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Did it [Ab] all again?
_ [Bbm] Glory and the shame [Ab] and when the miracles [Eb] began
She [Fm] wondered who is this [Cm] man?
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_ Where would this [Ab] all?
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_ _ [Ab] Until against a [Eb] darkening sky the [Fm] son she loved was [Cm] lifted high
With [Ab] his dying breath she heard [Bbm] him say father [Eb] forgive [Ab] and to the criminal [Eb] beside
today with me [Cm] in paradise
[Db] _ So bitter [Ab] yet so sweet [Fm] and did she [Bb] see
[Eb] In [Ab] the straw [C] by his [Fm] head a thorn and [Bb] did she smell _
[Eb] In the air [F] [C] on that [F] starry night
_ _ _ [Fm] And did [Bbm] she hear
_ [Bb] _
[Ab] Angels sing [C] not so [Fm] far away
Till the [Bb] last the sun rose [Ab] blood red [C] in the [F] morning sky _ _ _ _ _
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