Labor Of Love Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

D Dsus D

Verse

 It was not a silent G5 night

 There was blood on the ground(D Dsus4 D)

 You could hear a woman G5 cry

 in the alleyway that A night

 on the streets of David's town(D Dsus4 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 Dsus4 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 Dsus4 D)

Verse

 Noble Joseph at her G5 side

 Callused hands and weary eyes(D Dsus4 D)

 There were no midwives to be G5 found

 In the streets of David's A town

 In the middle of the night(D Dsus4 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

D (Again 2 measures)

G

A

Bm

F♯m

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)

GItD was not a silent G5 night

  A ...In the Streets of David's Town(D Dsus4 D)

G A D