Chords for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - It's Christmas Time (Tamla Records 1970)

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_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ A [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ girl named _ Mary dreamed of bending [F] low, _ [Bb] _ gathering _ _ water by a lonely road.
_ [Eb] An angel came and whispered, Mary, love, _ you are the [F] one that our goddess _ _ [Bb] chose to have the _ Savior as it was _ done.
Too many _ prophets so long ago, _
_ [Eb] and then he placed his hand upon her there, _ and she knew then the Savior she would [Gm] _
bear.
[Bb] _ Christmas [F] time, _
[Bb] _ _ _ oh, we call [Eb] it Christmas time, _ _ _ oh, we call it Christmas _ _ time, _ _ when Christ our Lord [Bb] was _ _ _ born. _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] He rendered her a name that none would share now, except one _ _ faithfully kneeling in prayer.
_ [Eb] And she _ bowed and said the name of Christ, _ [Gm] and knew the dream [F] would happen in life. _ _
[Bb] Christmas time, _ _ _ _ oh, we call it Christmas _ _ time, [Eb] _ _ _ oh, you know [Cm] it's Christmas _ time, _ _ _ when Christ our Lord [Bb] was _ born.
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_ _ [B] To Joseph [Abm] she _
[Ebm] explained in truth that night _ _ [B]
of how the _ angel came with all his light, _ [E] and soon they went and traveled to the place _ where one bright star [Gb] would show where his head _ [C] lay.
And Owen _ came beneath the anthem [G] _ _
_ [C] to honor _ glory to the Son of God.
_ _ [F] _ And in the _ manger quietly he _ lay, [D] wise men [Dm] and shepherds [C] knelt by him to pray. _ _
Christmas [G] _ time, _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] oh, we call it Christmas _ time, _ oh, we call [Dm] it Christmas _ _ time, _ when [F] Christ our Lord [C] was _ _ born.
_ _ [F] _ Christmas _
_ [C] _ _ [G] time, _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] oh, we call it Christmas _ time, _ _ [Dm] oh, you know it's Christmas _ [F] time, _ _ when Christ our [C] Lord was born.
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