The Manger

[Intro]
A   D  A  D  E
A
 
 
[Verse 1]
A
They're putting decorations up in front of my old church
    D                 E                A
The shepherds and the wise men and the hay
        D                           A                F#m
There's Joseph and his Mary lookin' down at Heaven's birth
        D              E             A
And the angel's saying don't you be afraid
 
 
[Verse 2]
A
It makes me stop and think about how You showed up down here
     D          E             A
In a humble bed made of nails and wood
    D                                     A              F#m
You could have picked a palace, something more fit for a King
    D              E           A
But then the story wouldn't be as good
 
 
[Chorus]
         D
From the highest of the high
       A
To the lowest of the low
     F#m                         E
That stable tells a story of the distance You will go
        D
For the lonely and the lost
           A              F#m            D
There's no sinner too far gone to find a Savior
             A       D  A
Lying in the manger
 
 
[Verse 3]
A                                           D                A
There's a star up in the sky that's calling all the least of these
     D                E               A
Come make your way to where your hope is found
D                              A              F#m
If I'm honest some days I feel too far out of reach
        D        E             A
But the manger reminds me love reached down
 
 
[Chorus]
         D
From the highest of the high
       A
To the lowest of the low
     F#m                         E
That stable tells a story of the distance You will go
        D
For the lonely and the lost
           A              F#m            D
There's no sinner too far gone to find a Savior
             A
Lying in the manger
 
 
[Interlude]
D  A  D  E  A
 
 
[Verse 4]
         A                            D        A
You were carried by a manger and just 33 years later
     D            E               A
By a rugged cross made from nails and wood
        D                                 A                 F#m
And the tears fill up my eyes, You didn't have to give Your life
    D              E           A
But then the story wouldn't be as good
 
 
[Chorus]
         D
From the highest of the high
       A
To the lowest of the low
     F#m                         E
That stable tells a story of the distance You will go
        D
For the lonely and the lost
           A              F#m            D
There's no sinner too far gone to find a Savior
             A
Lying in the manger
 
 
[Interlude]
D  A  D  E  A
 
 
[Outro]
                         D          A
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
    E                      D              A
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head
                            D             A
The stars in the sky looked down where he lay
    E           F#m    D            A
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay