Capo 4
G D Em7 C2 C
G D Em7 C
G D
Abraham had Isaac
Em7 C2 C
Isaac, he had Jacob
G D C2 C D
Jacob, he had Judah and his kin
B7
Then Perez and Zerah
Em
Came from Judah's woman, Tamar
B7
Perez, he brought Hezron up
G D
And then came
G D
Aram, then Amminadab
Em C2 C G
Then Nahshon, who was then the dad of Salmon
D Em7 D
Who with Rahab fathered Boaz
B7 Em
Ruth, she married Boaz who had Obed
Who had Jesse
B7 D G D G
Jesse, he had David who we know as king
G D Em C2 C
David, he had Solomon by dead Uriah's wife
G D
Solomon, well you all know him
Em C2 C
He had good old Rehoboam
G D C2 C D
Followed by Abijah who had Asa
B7 Em
Asa had Jehoshaphat had Joram had Uzziah
B7 G D
Who had Jotham then Ahaz then Hezekiah
G D Em
Followed by Manasseh who had Amon
C2 C
Who was a man
G D C D
Who was father of a good boy named Josiah
B7
Who grandfathered Jehoiachin
Em B7
Who caused the Babylonian captivity
G D
Because he was a liar
G D Em C2 C
Then he had Shealtiel, who begat Zerubbabel
G D C D
Who had Abiud who had Eliakim
B7 Em
Eliakim had Azor who had Zadok who had Akim
B7 G D
Akim was the father of Eliud then
G D Em7 C2 C
He had Eleazar who had Matthan who had Jacob
G D
Now, listen very closely
C2 C D
I don't wanna sing this twice
B7 Em
Jacob was the father of Joseph
C
The husband of Mary
D G
The mother of Christ
