Chords for Johnny Mathis - When a Child Is Born (from Home for Christmas)

_ _ I believe we can be more sensitive to the [Eb] needs of our fellow man, that we can be better [Ab] neighbors to each other.
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Sometimes we take too much for granted and we forget to tell each other [Ab] we care.
_ I think the holidays provide a wonderful opportunity to bind friendships and to show our loved ones that they're [Bb] important to us,.
that we're happy they're in [Gm] the world.
It's [Cm] something we should do more [Eb] often.
_ [Bb] And the spirit of Christmas [Fm] is a [Eb] joyous reminder of our responsibilities [Ab] as people.
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] A _ .
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ ray of hope _ _ [Bb] _ flickers in [Eb] the sky.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ A tiny _ star _ [Ab] lights [Eb] up a way up [Bb].
high.
_ All _ _ [Ab] across the land [Bb] _ dawns a brand [Gm] new morn.
_ [Cm] This comes to [Bb] pass _ _ [Fm] when [Bbm] a child [Eb] is [Ab] born.
_ [Eb] _ A silent wish _ _ _ [Bb] sails the [Eb] seven _ _ seas.
The winds of change _ [Ab] whisper [Eb] in [Bb] the _ _ trees.
_ And [Ab] the walls of doubt _ [Bb] crumble, tossed [Gm] and torn.
[Eb] This comes to [Bb] _ _ .
pass [Ab] when [Bb] a child is [Eb] [Ab] born.
_ [Eb] _ A rosy hue _ .
_ [Bb] _ settles all [Eb] around.
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_ _ You've got the _ feel, [Ab] you're [Eb] on solid [Bb] ground.
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_ _ _ [Ab] For a spell or two, [Bb] no one seems _ forlorn.
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[Cm] _ This comes [Bb] to pass _ _ .
[Fm] when [Bb] a child [Eb] is born.
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ And [Bb] all of this happens because [Eb] the world is waiting, [Ab] _ .
waiting [Eb] for one child.
_ _ Black, white, [Ab] yellow, _ [Gm] no one [Bb] knows.
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But a child that will grow up and turn [Ab] tears to laughter, [Bb] hate to love, war to peace, and everyone to [Cm] everyone's neighbor.
[Fm] And [Bb] misery and suffering will be [Fm] words to be forgotten [Bb] _ [Eb] forever.
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_ _ _ [Bb] It's all [Eb] a dream _ _ [Bb] and illusion [Eb] _ .
[Ab] now.
_ [Eb] _ It must come true _ [Ab] sometime [Eb] soon [Bb] somehow.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] All across the [Bb] land dawns a brand [Gm] new _ morn.
[Cm] This comes to [Bb] _ .
pass _ [Fm] _ when a [Bb] child [Eb] is [Ab] born.
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