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D                       Am                F
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[Verse 1]
D           F          D                  Am            D
_ _ Sweet a|Mary and a|Joseph… _|_ _ In a|roc-ket mach-|ine… _|
D          F               D                    C
_ _ Were a|trav-elling the|void… _|_ With not a|star… to be|seen_ _|
C        Em                               D         C
_ _ Deep|out there in|space… _|_ _ With a|no-one to|help them Not|
D        C    D
a gentle kind|face _ _|

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
D        F            D                   Am             D
_ Af-ter|mill-ions of|miles… _|_ _ Came a|bright sil-ver|star… _|
D          F             D                C
_ _ With a|planets and a|moons… _|_ _ All|arrayed near and|a far… _|
C               Em                           D
_ _ Now there's|hope for the|fut-ure… _|_ A…|place to lay|
C                D      C      D
down… The son of|God's… coming|soon _ _|_ _ _|

[Interlude]
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D     C     D   C D     (rocket landing)  D   C D
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[Verse 3]
D           F             D              Am                 D
_ _ Now the|planet of the|fire… _|_ _ He|would not let them|land _ _|
D       F                 D                    C
_ _ And|the planet of the|wa-ter _|_ Lord they|couldn't un-der-|stand… _|
C           Em                         D
_ _ But the|green past-oral|Earth _ He|beck-oned them|
C               D        C    D
down… They came|sing-ing with|mirth _ _|

[Interlude]
D     C     D   C D
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[Verse 4]
D        F               D                  Am        D
_ _ That|night they took|shel-ter…|_ _ In a|Hol-id-ay|Inn… _|
D       F        D                C
_ _ And|Ma-ry in|la-bour _|_ Her…|pains did be-|gin… _ _|
C         Em                    D
_ And her|ba-by was|born to the|sound of the|
C             D          C     D
truck drivers|Blowing on their|horns… _|

[Interlude]
D     C     D   C D
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[Verse 5]
D     F            D                  Am            D
_ _ _|Far from the|East… _|_ Came the|Krem-lin's top|brass… _|
D          F             D                     C
_ From the|West came the|Pres-id-ent|_ And his|aides smoke-in|grass… _|
C            Em                            D
_ _ From the|North came the|Queen From the|South came the|
C               D       C    D
black broth-ers|End-ing this|dream… _|

[Outro]
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D     C     D   C D
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