Chords for Joseph and Mary's Boy

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[A] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [E] _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ Out here in the country, _ [G#m] there's magic in the air.
_ [A] It's the middle of December.
_ [F#m] There's excitement [B] everywhere.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Everyone's invited.
_ _ [G#m] The _ celebration's planned.
_ [A] The gift is just what's in your heart,
[F#m] and not what's in [B] your hands.
_ [A] And who's the one [B] we need [E] to thank?
[A] Who's the party [B] for?
_ _ _ [A] Who's the one [B] responsible
[E] for _ [A] all this peace and [B] joy?
_ _ [A] Who deserves the [E] credit
for [A] the blessings we [B] enjoy?
_ _ [C#m] The preacher [B] said last [A] Sunday
it was [F#m] Joseph [A] and [E] Mary's boy. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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There were times we didn't think
[G#m] we'd make it through the year. _ _
[A] The banker tried to take our farm,
[F#m] but somehow we're still [B] here. _ _
[E] I don't know how our crops survive
[G#m] the drought and too much rain. _
[A] It must have been a miracle. _
[F#m] How else could you explain? _ _
[A] And who's the one we [B] need to [E] thank? _
[A] Who's the party [B] for? _ _ _
[A] Who's the one [B] responsible
[E] _
[A] for all this peace and [B] joy? _
[A] Who _ deserves the [E] credit
for [A] the blessings we [B] enjoy? _ _
[C#m] The preacher [B] said [A] last Sunday
it was [F#m] Joseph [A] and [E] Mary's boy. _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] The Christ child [B]
born [F#m] in _ _ Bethlehem, _
[A] Joseph and [A] _ _ _ Mary's _ _ [E] boy. _ _ _ _
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[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] La la la la la, _ _
[F#m] la la la la la la [B] la la. _ _
[E] _ _ Everyone's invited, _ _
[G#m] the _ celebration's planned.
The [A] guilt is just what's in your hearts
[F#m] and not what's in [B] your hands. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
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[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _