Am
Once upon a Christmas far away in Bethlehem

Mary being great with child had no place to lie down

So Joseph found a stable in which Mary had her child

Once upon a Christmas was the birth of Jesus Christ


[Verse 2]
  Am           C             Am
Once upon a Christmas in a manger far away
    G                              D                  Am
A King was born His palace was a manger filled with hay
       Am              C                Am
His royal robe was swaddling cloth, a halo was His crown
  G                      D           Am
Once upon a Christmas away in Bethlehem


[Chorus]
     G                                  D                G
And all the world rejoiced because the King was born at last
                                D               G
A savior had been promised now it had come to pass
           Em             G                    Em
And the joyful news that He was born spread quickly far and wide
  D                             C              E
Once upon a Christmas was the birth of Jesus Christ


[Verse 3]
  Am            C                Am
Once upon a Christmas from the Far East wise men came
      G                                    D                  Am
With gold and myrrh and frankincense to praise the newborn King
         Am                  C                        Am
And shepherds left their flocks and came to see and worship Him
   G                     D        Am
Once upon a Christmas away in Bethlehem


[Chorus]
G                                  D                G
And all the world rejoiced because the King was born at last
                                D               G
A savior had been promised now it had come to pass
           Em             G                    Em
And the joyful news that He was born spread quickly far and wide
  D                             C              E
Once upon a Christmas was the birth of Jesus Christ