John Denver - Marys Boy Child Chords & Tabs

Mary s Boy Child - John Denver

Capo on 1st 

Intro:
A - A6sus2 - E7 - A 

A                   A6sus2                                        
   Long time ago in         Bethlehem, 
       E7            A                                        
So the    Holy Bible    say,
A         A/C#           D        B7/Eb                                   
   Mary's      boy child    Jesus        Christ 
    A         E7             A                                   
Was   born on      Christmas    day.

       A                         Bm                           
While    shepherds watched their    flocks by night, 
     E7                  A                                    
They    saw a bright new    shining star.
      A          A/C#             D         B7/Eb                         
Then    heard a        choir from    heaven        sing,
    A        E7               A                                  
The    music    came from a -    far

Chorus:
A            D           E7         A                               
   Hark, now    hear the     angels    sing, 
  F#m           Bm            E7                                    
A      new king     born to -    day. 
     A           A6sus2           D          B7/Eb                          
And    man will         live for    evermore 
      A           E7          A                                  
Be -    cause of    Christmas    day!

A - C# - F# - F#/C# -
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_denver/marys_boy_child_crd.html ]
B                 E/B                                          
   Joseph and his     wife Mary
        F#7                 B                                  
Came to      Bethlehem that    night
    B       B/Eb               E          Bm6/F                           
And   found       no place to    bear the        child
      B         F#7              B                                
Not a    single      room was in    sight
B                         Gb                                  
   By and by they found a      little nook
     F#7                 B                                     
In a    stable all for -    lorn
    B      B/Eb         E          Bm6/F                                  
And   in a      manger    cold and       dark
       B          F#7          B                                  
Mary's    little      baby was    born

Chorus:
B           E           F#7          B                                
   Trumpets   sound and      angels    sing
G#m           C#m            F#7                                      
    Listen to      what they     say
     B           B/Eb          E           Bm6/F                          
That    man will      live for   evermore 
     B           F#7            B                                
Be -    cause of      Christmas    day!

Chorus:
B           E           F#7        B                                 
  Trumpets    sound and     angels    sing
G#m           C#m            F#7                                      
    Listen to      what they      say
     B           B/Eb          /                                  
That    man will       live for    evermo -oo - oo - oore
      B          F#7             B                                 
Be -    cause of      Christmas     day!//


A6sus2  x02232
E7      02213x
A       x02220
A/C#    x42220
D       x54232
        xx0232
B7/Eb   xx1202
Bm      x24432
F#m     244222
C#      x43121
F#      244322
F#/C#   x44320
E/B     x22100
F#7     242352
B       x24442
B/Eb    xx1402
E       022100
Bm6/F   xx3434
G#m     46644x
C#m     x46654