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The Wedding Song
Frank McCaffrey
Simple ¾ strum pattern would work for this song. Generally speaking each chord is 3 beats (sometime 6)
In a few cases there is a chord on Beat 3; I have tried to indicate this by adding a slash for beat 2
[Intro]
 D/ / |  A/  D|  A   E/ |  A/ / | E  
[Verse 1]
(E)         A  
There they stand hand in hand
They've ex-Dchanged wedding Abands
To-Dday is the Aday
They've sB7ealed all their E7plans
And Aall we who love them
Just Dwanted to Asay
                   D      A/     D            E  A  
Oh, God, bless this coup-le who married to-day
[Refrain]
In Egood times and hard times
In Dsickness or in Ahealth
May Ethey know that riches
Aren't B7needed for Ewealth
AHelp them face A7problems
They'll Dmeet on their wAay
                   D      A/     D            E  A  
Oh, God, bless this coup-le who married to-day
[Verse 2]
May they fAind peace of mind
Comes to Dall that are Ablind
May the Dsad times a-Ahead
Become B7triumphs be-E7hind
AAnd may their A7children be Dhappy as Athey
Oh, DGod, bless this Afamily that Dstarted to-Eday
In Egood times and hard times
In Dsickness or in Ahealth
May Ethey know that riches
Aren't B7needed for Ewealth
AHelp them face A7problems
They'll Dmeet on their wAay
                   D      A/     D            E  A  
Oh, God, bless this coup-le who married to-day
[Bridge]
 D/ / |  A/  D|  A   E/ |  A/ / | E  
[Verse 3]
As they Ago, may they know
A real lDove that will Ashow
And as Dlife gets sAhorter
May B7their feelings Egrow
Where-Aever they A7travel
Where-Dever they Astay
                   D      A/     D            E  A  
Oh, God, bless this coup-le who married to-day
In Egood times and hard times
In Dsickness or in Ahealth
May Ethey know that riches
Aren't B7needed for Ewealth
AHelp them face A7problems
They'll Dmeet on their wAay
                   D      A/     D            E  A  
Oh, God, bless this coup-le who married to-day
[Tag]
                    D     A/     D            E     D//
Oh, God, bless this coup-le who married to-day
(Slower-one chord per word)
GDod bleC#mss thBmem all.A  

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The Wedding Song

by Frank McCaffrey

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The Wedding Song

Frank McCaffrey

Simple ¾ strum pattern would work for this song. Generally speaking each chord is 3 beats (sometime 6)

In a few cases there is a chord on Beat 3; I have tried to indicate this by adding a slash for beat 2

[Intro]

D A D A E A E

/ / | / | / | / / |

[Verse 1]

E A

()

There they stand hand in hand

D A

They've ex-changed wedding bands

D A

To-day is the day

B7 E7

They've sealed all their plans

And all we who love them

D A

Just wanted to say

D A D E A

Oh, God, bless this coup-le who married to-day

[Refrain]

In good times and hard times

D A

In sickness or in health

May they know that riches

B7 E

Aren't needed for wealth

A A7

Help them face problems

D A

They'll meet on their way

D A D E A

Oh, God, bless this coup-le who married to-day

[Verse 2]

May they find peace of mind

D A

Comes to all that are blind

D A

May the sad times a-head

B7 E7

Become triumphs be-hind

A A7 D A

And may their children be happy as they

D A D E

Oh, God, bless this family that started to-day

In good times and hard times

D A

In sickness or in health

May they know that riches

B7 E

Aren't needed for wealth

A A7

Help them face problems

D A

They'll meet on their way

D A D E A

Oh, God, bless this coup-le who married to-day

[Bridge]

D A D A E A E

/ / | / | / | / / |

[Verse 3]

As they go, may they know

D A

A real love that will show

D A

And as life gets shorter

B7 E

May their feelings grow

A A7

Where-ever they travel

D A

Where-ever they stay

D A D E A

Oh, God, bless this coup-le who married to-day

In good times and hard times

D A

In sickness or in health

May they know that riches

B7 E

Aren't needed for wealth

A A7

Help them face problems

D A

They'll meet on their way

D A D E A

Oh, God, bless this coup-le who married to-day

[Tag]

D A D E D

/ //

Oh, God, bless this coup-le who married to-day

(Slower-one chord per word)

D C#m Bm A

God bless them all.

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