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[Intro]
|  G|  G|  G|  G|
[Verse]
G"C" is for the Christ Child, Cborn upon this day.
G"H" for herald angels, in the D7night.D7  
G"R" means our Redeemer.
C"I" means Israel.
D7"S" is for the star that shone Gso bright.G  
D7"T" is for the three wise men: GThey who Dtravelled Gfar.
A"M" is for the A7manger where He D7lay.D7  
G"A" is for all He stands for.
C"S" means shepherds came.
And D7that's why there's a Christmas GDay.G  
[Coda]
D7"T" is for the three wise men: GThey who D7travelled Gfar.
A"M" is for the A7manger where He D7lay.D7  
G"A" is for all He stands for.
C"S" means shepherds came,
And D7that's why there's a Christmas GDay. (Christmas Day)
[Outro]
                                D7N.C.          C  G  
And that's why there's a Christma-as Day..(ooh., ooh..)

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Christmas

by Jim Reeves

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G G G G

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[Verse]

G C

"C" is for the Christ Child, born upon this day.

G D7 D7

"H" for herald angels, in the night.

"R" means our Redeemer.

"I" means Israel.

D7 G G

"S" is for the star that shone so bright.

D7 G D G

"T" is for the three wise men: They who travelled far.

A A7 D7 D7

"M" is for the manger where He lay.

"A" is for all He stands for.

"S" means shepherds came.

D7 G G

And that's why there's a Christmas Day.

[Coda]

D7 G D7 G

"T" is for the three wise men: They who travelled far.

A A7 D7 D7

"M" is for the manger where He lay.

"A" is for all He stands for.

"S" means shepherds came,

D7 G

And that's why there's a Christmas Day. (Christmas Day)

[Outro]

D7 C G

N.C.

And that's why there's a Christma-as Day..(ooh., ooh..)

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