What A Wonderful Beginning Chords by Kathy Mattea

[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
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Oh [Bm] a man [F#] named [C#m] John the [D#m] Baptist
_ _ _ [B] Had been _ [F#] heralding the [C#] news
_ _ _ [Bm] About the [F#] coming of a _ [D#m] Savior _ _
For [B] both the [F#] Gentiles and [A#m] the Jews
[F#] _ And _ _ _ _
[B] it [F#] happened _ _ [D#m] Judea _
In [B] the town [F#] of _
[C#] _ _ Bethlehem
[B] With a bright [F#]
star o'er the [C#] _ [D#m] stable _ _
Was _ [F#] born the Son of _ _ Man _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh the angels were _ rejoicing
_ As the [B] tiny baby [F#] _ cried _
For the [B] hope of [F#] man's salvation
_ [B] In a [F#] manger [G#m] _
[F#] had [C#] _ arrived
_ _ [F#] _
Weak as a lonely shepherd _ _
[B] But the _ _ _ [F#] mightiest of kings
_ He [B] gives peace and life [F#] eternal
_ [B] To [F#] _ _
[C#] whosoever calls [F#] his name _
_ _ _ _ Oh [C#] _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ [B] Emmanuel
[F#] _ The [B] _ _ Father's [F#] _ [D#m] precious _ [Fm] Son
_ [C#] Who [F#] _ forgives [C#] our sins
[B] And _ [F#] washes clean
[B] The hearts [C#] of _ [F#] everyone
_ [B] _ [F#] What _ _ [B] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ a _ wonderful _ beginning _ _
To the [B] greatest story [F#] ever told
_ His [B] birth still rings [F#] with promise
_ [B] As true as [G#m] in [F#] days [Fm] [C#] of old _
[F#] So _ let us sing his praises
_ And let [B] us open up [F#] our _ hearts
And [B] receive his [G#m] timeless [F#] _ [B] message
He [F#] gives us all [C#] a brand new [F#] _ _
_ start
_ _ Oh _
[C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] Emmanuel _
[B] The _ Father's [F#] _ [D#m] precious _ _ [C#] Son
_ [F#] Who forgives [C#] our sins
[B] And washes [F#] _
clean
[B] The hearts [C#] of _
_ [F#] everyone
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh a man named John the [D#m] Baptist _ _
Had [B] been _ [F#] heralding [C#] the news
_ _ [B] About the [F#] coming [C#] of a _ [D#m] Savior
_ _ Of [B] both the [F#] Gentiles and the [C#] Jews
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
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