Thorns In The Straw

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Since the day the angel came
               Em              Bm
It seemed that everything had changed
C                G/B
The only certain thing
        Am7                  D
Was the child that moved within
       G                   D/F#
On the road that would not end
        Em            G/D
Winding down to Bethlehem
C    Am7   D       G    Am/G  D/G  C/G
  So far away from home

[Verse 2]
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Just a blanket on the floor
     Em            Bm
Of a vacant cattle-stall
    C                   G/B
But there the child was born
    Am7             D
She held him in her arms
           G                D/F#
And as she laid him down to sleep
               Em            G/D
She wondered - will it always be
C    Am7    D      G      C/G  G
  So bitter and so sweet

[Chorus 1]
Em               Am7   D7
And did she see there
       G            B7     Em
In the straw by his head a thorn
                  Am7    D7
And did she smell myrrh
       G           B7     Emaj7
In the air on that starry night
Em               Am7   D7
And did she see there
       G            B7     Em
In the straw by his head a thorn
                  Am7    D7
And did she smell myrrh
       G           B7     Emaj7
In the air on that starry night

[Verse 3]
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Then the words of ancient seers
        Em              Bm
Tumbled down the centuries ...
  C                G/B
A virgin shall conceive...
         Am7             D
God with us... Prince of Peace
       G                   D/F#
Man of Sorrows - strangest name
          Em             G/D
Oh Joseph there it comes again
C    Am7    D      G      C/G  G
  So bitter and so sweet

[Verse 4]
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And as she watched him through the years
            Em               Bm
Her joy was mingled with her tears
C                     G/B
And she'd feel it all again
    Am7            D
The glory, and the shame
             G          D/F#
And when the miracles began
              Em          G/D
She wondered, who is this man
C     Am7         D      G     C/G  G
  And where will this all end

[Chorus 2]
Em               Am7   D7
And did she see there
       G            B7     Em
In the straw by his head a thorn
                  Am7    D7
And did she smell myrrh
       G           B7     Emaj7
In the air on that starry night
                 Am7 D7
And did she hear angels
G           B7   Em
sing not so far away
                 Am7 D7         G
Till at last the sun rose blood-red
       B7      Emaj7
In the morning sky

[Verse 4]
     G                   D
'Til against a darkening sky
            Em               Bm
The son she loved was lifted high
C                  G/B
And with his dying breath
              Am7            D
She heard him say 'Father forgive'
           G          D/F#
And to the criminal beside
            Em        G/D
"Today-with me in Paradise"
C  Am7    D      G     C/G  G
So bitter yet so sweet