The Manager (feat. Josh Turner)

 Intro:
A  D/A    A   D/E  A
 
Verse:
              A 
They’re putting decorations up 
    D/A                    A
In front of my old church
        D                            E                        A
The shepherds and the wise men and the hay
             D 
There’s Joseph and his Mary lookin’ 
A             E/G#         F#m7
Down at Heaven’s birth
               D                    E                       A
And the angel’s saying: Don’t you be afraid
  
Verse 2:
   A
It makes me stop and think about how  
D/A                               A
You showed up down here
        D                   E                          A
In a humble bed made of nails and wood 
        D 
You could have picked a palace
                  A              E/G#   F#m7
Something more fit for a King
        D                    E                       A
But then the story wouldn’t be as good 
  
Chorus:
                D 
From the highest of the high
            A 
To the lowest of the low 
         F#m7 
That stable tells a story of
        E 
The distance You will go 
              D 
For the lonely and the lost
                  A         E/G#     F#m7
There’s no sinner too far gone
                D2 
To find a Savior 
Dm               A           D/A  A
Lying in the manger  
 
Verse 3:
                 A 
There’s a star up in the sky that’s
             D/A                  A
Calling all the least of these 
           D                          E                           A
Come make your way to where your hope is found 
D 
If I’m honest some days I feel  
A          E/G#    F#m7
Too far out of reach 
             D                E                                A
But the manger reminds me love reached down
 
Chorus:
                D 
From the highest of the high
            A 
To the lowest of the low 
         F#m7 
That stable tells a story of
        E 
The distance You will go 
              D 
For the lonely and the lost
                  A         E/G#     F#m7
There’s no sinner too far gone
                D2 
To find a Savior 
Dm               A           D/A  A
Lying in the manger  
 
Instrumental: 
D    E       A     A
Oh   oh   oh   
 
Verse 4:
                 A 
You were carried by a manger and just  
D/A                        A
Thirty-three years later 
         D                   E                              A
By a rugged cross made from nails and wood 
               D 
And the tears fill up my eyes
                   A          E/G#       F#m7
You didn’t have to give Your life 
       D                      E                     A         A
But then the story wouldn’t be as good   
 
Chorus:
                D 
From the highest of the high
            A 
To the lowest of the low 
         F#m7 
That stable tells a story of
        E 
The distance You will go 
              D 
For the lonely and the lost
                  A         E/G#     F#m7
There’s no sinner too far gone
                D2 
To find a Savior 
Dm               A           D/A  A
Lying in the manger   

Instrumental:  
D/E  A   
  
Tag:
    A                              D              A
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
       Esus                         D                      A
The little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet head
         A                             D                       A
The stars in the sky look down where He lay
        Esus         F#m7     D                 A
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay