Labor Of Love Chords by Randy Travis

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It was not a [F#] silent night, _ _ _ there was [C#] blood on the ground. _ _ _
You could hear a woman [F#] cry in the alleyway [G#] that night, on the streets of [C#] Davidstown. _ _ _ _
And the stable was [A#m] not clean, _ _ _ and the cobblestones [Fm] were cold. _ _
Little Mary, full of [F#] grace, with tears [G#] upon her face, had no mother's [C#] hand to hold. _ _
It was a labor [F#] of _ thanks, [G#] _
it was a cold [A#m] sky above.
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But for the girl on the [F#] ground in the dark, with every beat of her [G#] beautiful heart, it was a labor [C#] of love. _ _ _
Noble Joseph by [F#] her side, _ _ calloused hands [C#] and weary eyes, _ _
and no midwives to [F#] be found on the streets of [G#]
Davidstown in the middle [C#] of the night.
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So he held her and [A#m] he _ prayed, _ chaps of moonlight [Fm] on his face. _
But the baby [F#] in her womb, he was the maker [G#] of the moon.
He was the author [C#] of the faith that could make the [G#] mountains move.
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_ _ _ [C#] _ It was a labor [F#] of _ thanks, [G#] _ it was a cold [A#m] sky above.
_ [C#] _ But for the girl on the [F#] ground in the dark, with every beat of her [G#] beautiful heart, it was a labor [A#m]
of love.
_ [C#] _ For little Mary, [F#] full of grace, with tears [G#] on her face, it was a labor of love.
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_ _ _ _ It was not a [F#] silent night on the streets of [C#] _
Davidstown.
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