Chords for Stables

_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] In Bethlehem a manger waits Long ago and so [A] today
_ [D] Where hatred weary [B] people [D] pray Love will come [A] and lay there
_ [D]
And so do countless stables stand In hearts as harsh as [A] desert land
[D] Rough shelters in [B] the wind and sand [D] So love will come and [A] stay there
_ [G] Love that [D] opens fists of [G] hate Keeps up [D] gold on beggars' [Bm] plates
Love that shows [E] a kindly face [D] To enemies _ [A]
and strangers
_ _ _ [D] And the walls of stables tremble so [G] When [D] the winds of fear [A] and judgment blow
[D] For a stable hopes in [Bm] love alone [G] And [D] knows that love's [A] the answer
_ _ [D]
Oh, love the prophet's only word [G] The [D] only lesson [A] left to learn
_ [D] The only end [B] of [Bm] heaven's work And the [D] only road that [A] goes there
_ [G] Love that sees [F#] with mercy's [G] eyes Holds its arms out open wide
[B] Threads its [E] loom with separate lives [G] And weaves them [B] all together
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
So may the [A] lamps of stables [D] glow _ [G] _
[D] Brightly that [A] their light may go
[D] _ For miles in the [B] darkness [Bm] so
_ _ _ _ [D]
Love [A] will find its way
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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