Mary's Lament Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][F#dim][F#m][B][Em][Am][B][Bm][Am][B][Em][C][Am][B]
[Em][Am][Em][B][Em]

[Verse 1]
[Em]A star shines [Bsus4]brightly [B]hig[Em]h[B][Em]
To [Am]tell a [F#dim]King is nigh[G]
[Em]But [B]Mary holds a b[Em]aby
[Am]No sound he [F#dim]makes, no[B] cry[Baug]
[B]She

[Verse 2]
[Em]lays him [F#m]in a m[B]ang[Em]er
This [Am]night he [Esus4]first is [E]bor[Am]n
[B]To [Em]keep [Am]him safe from [B]danger[Em]
[Am]All [Em]on a Ch[Bsus4]rist mas [B]morn[Em][E]
[Am][B][Em][C][Em][B]

[Verse 3]
[Em]
[E]She [Am]lullabyes so soft, so low
[D]She sees the crown and the [G]thorn
[C]She sings of how she [F#dim]loves him[Am] so
[B]But still her heart is [Em]torn, forlorn
[C]All on a [B]Christmas [Em]morn[E][Am]
[B][Em][C][Em][B]

[Verse 4]
[Em]
And while your [B]babe[Bsus4]
[B]is asleep[Em][F#m][Em]
[Am]Why, Mary, [F#dim]do you we[D]ep?[G]
His [B]path you see to [Em]Calvary
[C]You see his [Am]wounds [B]so deep
[Baug][G]
[Em]You shoulder

[Verse 5]
[B]now his [Em]Cross[B][Em]
[Am]This night he [Em]first [E]is bor[Am]n
[B]You [Em]gave him [C]birth [Am]to die [B]for us[Em]
[Am]All [Em]on a Ch[Bsus4]rist mas [B]morn[Em]

[Verse 6]
[E]She [Am]lullabyes so soft, so low
[C]She sees [D]the crown
and the [G]thorn
[Em]She sings [C]of how she lov[F#dim]es him so[Am]
[B]But still her heart is [Em]torn

[Verse 7]
[E]She lullabyes so [Am]soft, so low
[D]She sees the crown and the [G]thorn
[C]She sings of how she [F#dim]loves him[Am] so
[Em]But still [B]her heart is tor[Em]n, for[G]lor[C]n
All on a [B]Christmas [Em]morn
[E][Am][B][Em]

[Verse 8]
[C]All on [Em]a Christmas[B] mor[Em]n