Intro:

G  Am   G  Am   D


Verse 1:

          G                  B7                 Em
As little children, we would dream of Christmas morn
   Em7               C       G/B       Am
Of all the gifts and toys we knew we’d find
         B7       Em           Em7               A7
But we’d never realized a baby born one blessed night
            Am7                D
Gave us the greatest gift of our lives


Chorus 1:

G                     Am
We were the reason that He gave His life
D7                         G
We were the reason that He suffered and died
D/F#   Em              Em7           Am           Am7
To a   world that was lost, He gave all He could give
   D7                   G
To show us a reason to live


Interlude:

G  Am   G  Am   D


Verse 2:

       G                 B7                 Em
As the years went by, we learned more about gifts
    Em7          C      G/B            Am
The giving of ourselves and what that means
     B7               Em             Em7            A7
On a dark and cloudy day, a man hung crying in the rain
           Am7             D
Because of love, because of love


Chorus 2:

    G                       Am
And we were the reason that He gave His life
D7                         G
We were the reason that He suffered and died
D/F#   Em             Em7           Am           Am7
To a   world that was lost, He gave all He could give
   D7                  G
To show us a reason to live


Bridge:

  D#                            A#  
I finally found the reason for living
         C#                      G#
It’s in giving ev’ry part of my heart to Him
   B                     D#
In all that I do, ev’ry word that I say
        F                      A#
I’ll be giving my all just for Him
    E
For Him


Chorus 3:

    A                      Bm          Bm7
And we are the reason that He gave His life
E          E7             A
We are the reason that He suffered and died
E    F#m             F#m7           Bm           Bm7
To a world that was lost, He gave all He could give
   E           E7        F#m    B
To show us the reason to live
D        E         A
He is my reason to live


Instrumental Coda:

A   Bm   Bm7
E   E7   A
E   F#m   F#m7   Bm   Bm7
E   E7   A