B Is For Bethlehem chords

B Is For Bethlehem

• C

Intro 
e------| 
B------| 
G------| 
D--10--| x 32 
A--10--| 
E--8---| 

Verse chords 
   
    C   C/B    A#      A      A#  
e-------------------------------------------------| 
B-------------------------------------------------| 
G-------------------------------------------------| 
D---10--------------------------------------------| 
A---10--10------8------7-----8--------------------| 
E---8---7-------6------5-----6--------------------| 


alternately you might like to play these chords in 
this position cause you can strike more open strings 
and i think its sounds more like the record. 
   
    C   C/B    A#      A      A#  
e-------------------------------------------------| 
B-------------------------------------------------| 
G---5---5-----3-------2------3--------------------| 
D---5---5-----3-------2------3--------------------| 
A---3---2-----1-------0------1--------------------| 
E-------------------------------------------------| 


C           C/B            A# 
Your neck is craned a lazy quarter 

         A        A#        C      
from the distance down your back 


Other bit of verse (i dont know what else to call it) 

   G5    F5   C5 
e-------------------------| 
B-------------------------| 
G-------------5-----------| 
D--5----3-----5-----------| 
A--5----3-----3-----------| 
E--3----1-----------------| 

G5                         F5        C5 
broke from the sins of our shoulders 

G5                                      F5    C5 
run its motors to waters to struggle and end 

*then back to verse chords (play through 2 times) 
*then to other bit of verse (play through x2) 

Then the Pre-Chorus like below: 

G 
Im dying to try to stop the wind 

F 
leave the leaves left and leave to be 

G                               F 
hallowed by my name and my name ours its hours to be where 

Chorus 
  
   C5  A5    G5  A#5 
e----------------------------------| 
B----------------------------------| 
G--5---------------3---------------| 
D--5----7-----5----3---------------| 
A--3----7-----5----1---------------| 
E-------5-----3--------------------| 


C5                       A5          
B is for Bethlehem where Jesus was a fisherman 

          G5                                  A#5 
I know he starts and finishes men I dont know why 

C5                    A5          
Jesus was a fisherman fishing men from the devils hands 

        G5                                  A#5 
and the devil was made red to live a damned life 

*then back to verse chords (play through 4 times with a stop on the A#5 2nd time) 

*then to other bit of verse (play through x2) "my bends they bend my anchor.." 

Then Play Chorus 


Then play: 

break (see rhythm below) 
   
   1x                     2.5 times (so on the 3rd time just play the G 
                                      then go to the Chorus through to finish). 
e----------------------|------------3-3-3-3-3-3------------------| 
B----------------------|------------3-3-3-3-3-3------------------| 
G--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------0-0-0-0-0-0------------------| 
D--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0------------------| 
A--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-x-x-x-x-x--2-2-2-2-2-2------------------| 
E----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------| 
  

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