"This Is Christmas" by Kutless
From "O Come All Ye Faithful" (2010)
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1
Play the G# like this, or it won't sound right.
G#
e|---X---|
B|---5---|
G|---4---|
D|---2---|
A|---X---|
E|---4---|
Intro: A D A
Verse 1:
D
Do you find it hard to sleep tonight,
A
Resting by the Christmas lights?
DA
Could there be something you forgot?
D
Beyond the bows and mistletoe,
A
The tree with presents wrapped below,
DA
There's more to this than you had ever thought.
GE
Have we lost the reason that we celebrate each year?
Chorus:
AE
What is Christmas,
DBm
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger?
F#mED
What is Christmas without Christ?
DA
Verse 2:
D
Remember how the story goes:
A
God's gift was wrapped in swaddling clothes,
DA
Beneath the star, one great and holy night.
D
The shepherds heard the angels sing.
A
The wise men brought an offering.
DA
Peace on Earth began in Bethlehem.
GE
Have we lost the reason that we celebrate each year?
Chorus:
AE
What is Christmas,
DBm
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger?
F#mE
What is Christmas,
DBmF#m
If the angels never sang, "Glory to the newborn King?"
ADE
What is Christmas without Christ?
Bridge:
There'd be no
F#mDAE
"Glo-o-o-oria,
ADE
In excelsis deo.
F#mDAE
Glo-o-o-oria,
F#mDEA
In excelsis de-e-o."
Chorus:
A
What is Christmas?
DBm
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger.
F#mED
What is Christmas without Christ?
Final Chorus:
AE
This is Christmas!
DBm
It's all about a Savior wrapped in a manger.
F#mG#
This is Christmas,
DBmF#mDFEm
Because of Jesus Chri-ist.
AE
This is Christmas,
F#mG#
Because of Christ,
A
Because of Christ.