Mary And Joseph Teclado

	  
 





C                     C/G 
Mary was the first of three  
F                        Fadd9 
Long black hair and sugar sweet  
C                Am      Asus4   Cmaj7    C 
Daddy's eyes and Momma's crooked smile  

C                 C/G 
She was barely seventeen  
F                       Fadd9 
Got a job keepin' dishes clean  
C                       Cadd9       Am 
Planned to stay in this city for a while  
      Csus2    C    F 
For a while  

C                   C/G 
Joseph ran a lumber yard  
F                      Fadd9 
About a mile from Olive park  
C              Am                  F 
Quiet boy, he never had much to say  

C                          C/G 
It was love right from the start  
F                              Fadd9 
He bought a ring and won Mary's heart  
C              Cadd9          Am  Asus4 
Had hopes for a home and kids someday  
        Csus2  C     F      C C/G  F 
Kids someday  

C                            C/G 
The angel scared her half to death  
F                                      Fadd9 
She would've screamed but she lost her breath  
C             Am                         F 
On a midnight there in the middle of May  

C                         C/G 
He said "Oh Mary, don't be afraid  
F                                  Fadd9 
You'll bear a son that the Lord has made  
C               Am                  F     
Call him Jesus, He'll light the way"  

Dsus2  Am  F        Am  Dsus2  F      C  C/G  F      Dsus2     F 

C                                   C/G 
She packed the clothes, he made the plans  
F                     Fadd9 
They had to go to Bethlehem  
C              Am                 F 
But there was nowhere left to stay  

C                     C/G 
So in a barn she gave birth  
F                                 Fadd9 
To the King of Kings, the Lord of Earth  
C                                         Am 
Just a little bitty thing sleeping on the hay  
                C C/G      F 
Sleeping on the hay  

C                       C/G 
The story's too long to tell  
F                                       Fadd9 
But He walked on water and lived through hell  
C                   Am              Csus2  C 
Killed on a cross and rose from the grave  

C                         C/G 
We got a King, they got a Son  
F                             Fadd9 
Mary and Joseph were the only ones  
C                        C/G      F 
There on that very first Christmas day  
F                   Fadd9           C 
There on that very first Christmas day 


Dsus2 Am F      Am Dsus2  F     C C/G F      Dsus2      F 
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C  C/G F      Am        F     C C/G F      Dsus2      F     C     F 
(G    C)