Capo: 5

Song of the Magi by Anais Mitchell capo 5 Am G F C G verse:

^Amwhen we came we came ^Gthrough the cold we^F came bearing gifts of gold and ^Cfrankincen^Gse and myrrh and ^Amthere were trumpets playing there^G were angels looking down on a ^Fwest bank town ^Cand he ^Gso loved the ^Amworld! ^G

chorus:

^Amwore we ^G/Bthen our warmest ^Amcapes wore we ^G/Bthen our^Am walking shoes ^Amopen^G/Bed wide the ^Amcity gates^G/B ^Amand let us thro^Gugh F C G

verse: a child is born born in Bethlehem born in a cattle pen a child is born on the killing floor and still he no crying makes still as the air is he lying so prayfully there waiting for the war welcome home, my child your home is a checkpoint now your home is a border town welcome to the brawl life ain't fair, my child put your hands in the air, my child slowly now, single file, now C G (no extra Am and G here) up against the wall chorus: wear we now our warmest coats wear we now our walking shoes open wide the gates of hope and let us through verse: when we came we came through the cold we came bearing gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh and there were shepherds praying there were lions laying down with the lambs in a west bank town

^Cand^G he so ^Amloved the world^C! use these voicings: ^Amx (^G3) ^Fx ^Cx ^G/B x 1 3 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 3 2 2 x 3 1 x x

Anais Mitchell - Song of the magi