God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Traditional
Intro:  Em  Am (repeat)

Verse 1:
     Em
God rest ye merry gentlemen
      C            B7
Let nothing you dismay
   Em        
Remember Christ our Savior 
     C                 B7
Was born on Christmas Day
    Am               D
To save us all from Satan’s power 
     Em              D
When we were gone astray

Chorus:
   G           B         Em
O tidings of comfort and joy
             D
Comfort and joy
   G           B         Em
O tidings of comfort and joy

Verse 2:
    Em
In Bethlehem, in Israel,
       C               B7
This blessed Babe was born
     Em 
And laid within a manger
  C                B7
Upon this blessed morn
     Am               D
The which His Mother Mary
     Em               D
Did nothing take in scorn

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Verse 3:
      Em
From God our Heavenly Father
    C             B7
A blessed Angel came;
     Em
And unto certain Shepherds
         C             B7
Brought tidings of the same:
     Am            D
How that in Bethlehem was born
    Em              D
The Son of God by Name.

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Verse 4:
       Em
"Fear not then," said the Angel,
        C            B7
"Let nothing you affright,
     Em
This day is born a Saviour
      C            B7
Of a pure Virgin bright,
    Am                 D
To free all those who trust in Him
      Em                 D
From Satan's power and might."

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Verse 5:
      Em
The shepherds at those tidings
    C            B7
Rejoiced much in mind,
     Em                 
And left their flocks a-feeding
     C                 B7
In tempest, storm and wind:
     Am                  D
And went to Bethlehem straightway
     Em             D
The Son of God to find.

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Verse 6:
     Em
And when they came to Bethlehem
       C               B7
Where our dear Saviour lay,
       Em          
They found Him in a manger,
       C           B7
Where oxen feed on hay;
     Am          D
His Mother Mary kneeling down,
  Em               D
Unto the Lord did pray.

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Verse 7:
    Em 
Now to the Lord sing praises,
    C                B7
All you within this place,
     Em 
And with true love and brotherhood
      C           B7
Each other now embrace;
      Am             D
This holy tide of Christmas
      Em          D
All other doth deface.

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