Gm D
From a dark desert highway, we pulled into the inn
F C
Rome called for a census, I was from Bethlehem
D# A#
Up above from a distance a star was giving me light
Cm
My wife was heavy ‘cause her child was due
D
We had to stop for the night
Gm D
So I stood in the doorway of Bethlehem hotel
F C
And I was thinking to myself "I hope to heaven they'll give me some help"
D# A#
But they told us no-can-do and they sent me away
Cm D
"There's a place around the corner though where you both can stay"
D# A#
Welcome, but the hotel can't afford ya
Cm Gm
Such a lovely place but we're out of space
D# A#
Ran out of room and the hotel can't afford ya
C D
It's the time of year with the census here
Gm D
My wife was definitely gifted, that's what the Lord's angel said
F C
She was about to have a baby boy while still virgin
D# A#
Spent the night in the barnyard, cheap slumlord's rent
Cm D
Some night to remember, some night to forget
Gm D
So because of what happened I was grieving for my wife
F
C
I said "They probably haven't cleaned in here since B.C. 65"
D# A#
Animal voices were calling for straw and hay
Cm D
Keeping you up through the middle of the night just as if to say…
D# A#
Welcome, but the hotel can't afford ya
Cm Gm
Such a lovely place, but we're out of space
D# A#
Holiday rush and the hotel can't afford ya
Cm D
What a nice surprise for your silent night
(Play next verse quieter)
Gm D
He was born that evening and shepherds came that night
F C
And they said "We're all just visitors here of the Holy Christ"
D# A#
And in an ass's manger, they found the boy asleep
Cm D
They started getting teary eyed so they went back to their sheep
Gm D
Last thing I remember there were wise men at the door
F C
They had a bunch of packages from the place they were before
D# A#
"We're late," said the wise men "We had problems Christmas Eve
Cm D
We've been checking out your shiny light all through the Middle East"
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