"This Is Christmas" by Kutless
From "O Come All Ye Faithful" (2010)
Tabbed by Kevin Dorth and Wessley Mitchell
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?
D A
Could there be something you forgot?
D
Beyond the bows and mistletoe,
A
The tree with presents wrapped below,
D A
There's more to this than you had ever thought.
G E
Have we lost the reason that we celebrate each year?
Chorus:
A E
What is Christmas,
D Bm F#m
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger?
E D
What is Christmas without Christ?
D A
Verse 2:
D
Remember how the story goes:
A
God's gift was wrapped in swaddling clothes,
D A
Beneath the star, one great and holy night.
D
The shepherds heard the angels sing.
A
The wise men brought an offering.
D A
Peace on Earth began in Bethlehem.
G E
Have we lost the reason that we celebrate each year?
Chorus:
A E
What is Christmas,
D Bm F#m
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger?
E
What is Christmas,
D Bm F#m
If the angels never sang, "Glory to the newborn King"?
A D E
What is Christmas without Christ?
Bridge:
There'd be no
F#m D A E
"Glo-o-o-oria,
A D E
In excelsis deo.
F#m D A E
Glo-o-o-oria,
F#m D E A
In excelsis de-e-o."
Chorus:
A E
What is Christmas,
D Bm F#m
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger.
E D
What is Christmas without Christ?
Final Chorus:
A
E
This is Christmas!
D Bm
It's all about a Savior wrapped in a manger.
F#m G#*
This is Christmas,
D Bm F#m D F#m E
Because of Jesus Chri-ist.
A E
This is Christmas,
F#m G#*
Because of Christ,
A
Because of Christ.
