WARNING: You are trying to view
content from Ultimate-Guitar.com
in an unauthorized application,
which is prohibited.
Please use an official Ultimate
Guitar Tabs application for iPhone,
iPad or Android to access legitimate
chords, guitar, bass, and drum tabs
from Ultimate-Guitar.com database.
Type "ultimate guitar tabs" in Apple
App Store's or Android Market's
search to find the application.
Intro: D Dsus D (let ring out)
Verse:
It was not a silent(G5)night
There was blood on the ground(D Dsus D)
You could hear a woman (G5)cry
in the alleyway that (A)night
on the streets of David's town(D Dsus D)
And the stable was not (Bm) clean,
and the cobblestones were (F#m) cold.
And little Mary full of (G5) grace
with the tears upon her (A) face
had no mother's hand to hold (D Dsus D)
Chorus:
It was a labor of (G5) pain,
it was cold sky a (Bm) bove.
But for the girl on the ground in the (G5) dark
Every beat of her beautiful (A) heart
was A labor of Love (D Dsus D)
Verse:
Noble Joseph at her(G5)side
Callused hands and weary eyes(D Dsus D)
There were no midwives to be(G5)found
In the streets of David's(A)town
In the middle of the night(D Dsus D)
So he held her and he(Bm)prayed
Shafts of moonlight on his(F#m)face
But the baby in her womb(G5)
He was the maker of the moon(A)
He was the Author of the faith(D)
That could(Dsus)make the mountains move(A Asus A let ring out)
Instrumental Bridge
G (mess around with hammer-ons and what not for 2 measures)
D (Again 2 measures)
G (one Measure)
A (one measure)
Bm (one measure)
F#m (Leads into...)
Chorus:
It was a labor of (G5) pain,
it was cold sky a (Bm) bove.
But for the girl on the ground in the (G5) dark
Every beat of her beautiful (A) heart
was a labor of Love (Bm)
For little Mary full of grace (G)
With the tears upon her face (A)
It was a labor of love (D Let ring out)
G D
It was not a silent(G5)night
(A)...In the Streets of David's Town(D Dsus D)
G A D
If you use a cut capo then it makes it real easy to play the little riffs Peterson plays. Plus, the alternate shapes for the chords gives it a much fuller and more open sound.