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On Christmas Day It Happened So Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Csus2]On[Bm]
[Em]Christmas
Day it hap[D]pens [Bm]so
Down [Em]in th[D]e me[Em]adow[D] fo[Csus2]r to plou[D]gh[G]
As [A]he was [Em]ploughing all [Csus2]on so fast[Am],[D]
[Bm][Em]
Up stepped [Bm]sweet
[Csus2]Jesus himself at last.
[Bm]O ma[Em]n,
O man, why do [D]you [Bm]plough
So [D]hard [Em]upon[D] our[Em][D]
Lord's birthday?
[G]The farm[Em]er answered
[Am]him with [Em]great speed[Bm],
[D]For to plough [Csus2]this day I
[G]have [Em]got need.[Csus2]
[G]His [Em]arms did quaver
through an[D]d t[Bm]hrough,
His [Am]arms [D]did [Em]quaver,
[D]he could not[G] plough,
The [D]ground [A]did[Em] open and lose him in [D],[Bm]
[D]Before he [Em]coul[D]d re[Csus2]pent of sin.

[Interlude 1]
[Csus2][Em][Csus2][Em][D][Bm][D][Csus2][Am][D][G][A][Em][D]
[Csus2]
[Bm][D][Csus2][D][Em][Bm][Csus2][D][Csus2]
[Am][D][G][A][Em][D][Csus2][Bm][D][Csus2]
[Bm]His [Em]wife and children's

[Verse 2]
out [D]of [Bm]place
His [D]beasts and [Em]cattle, [D]all[Em]
All those [G]lost, his [D]beasts [Em]and cattle,
they [Bm]die away[D]
For plough[Bm]ing up [Csus2]old
Christmas
Day
[D]His [Em]beasts and [D]cattle,
[Csus2]they die [D]away,
For ploughing [Bm]on o[Csus2]ur
Lord's birth [C]-plain.[Csus2][Csus2]
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