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LABOR OF LOVE

(Guitar, CGCGCE, Capo 2) WORDS AND MLISIC BY AND]TEW PETERSON


D Dsus D1E D/Ffi F#mGA Asrrs l]nr I3m9
Artt9
C E G-rar A tvt

forri-r'
t+l lt
Fffi
(or hiE string
H+H ffi
open)

G* D D sus
Ballad (F) (c)
=72

nry
D Dsus D
D 3 G (c) (Csus) (c)
5 (c) (piano) (F)
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VERSE I

9 G D Dsus
(F) C

It was not a si - lent night. There was blood on-the ground.-


13 D G
F)
-?-

You could hear a wo-man - cry- in the al-ley - way- that night-
A D D sus D
t5 (c) (c)
(G (Csus)

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on the streets of Da - vid's town. And the sta - ble was not

Bm7 Bmg
J
Bm9
J -
l Bm7 I F#."
18 (Am7) (Am9) (Am7) (Am9)

clean. And the cob - ble - stones were co1d.

G
2l (F)

And lit - tle Ma - ry full of grace, rvith the tears up - on her face
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*The open tuning gives the G chord a D/G or GMaj7add9no3 flavor. I will simply call it a G chord.
tl've included the 9th because the guitar voices the chord this way here.
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.l LABOR OF LO\'E

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CHORUS

D Dsus D
D D/E DTTil G
(c) (c/D) ( ctE)(F)
A (ct
23 r-3< (c) (Csus)
-3- -1 )--
_-..--_ -- t- )-

had no- mother's hand to hold. nf It rvas a la-bor of pain. tl


-

A -
Bm7 - D - {,

(G) (Am7) (c)


27
,+ ,+ )- )- )-
a- E )- )-- )- )-
It was a cold skY- a-bove. But for the giri on the ground in the

30 (F)
G
#, -4 --a
D Dsus
lL) (Lstt,s)

)- )- )- )- )- -- J_
3
dark, with ev-erY beat of her beau Iti-ful heart, it u'as a la-bor of- love'-

G
33 D VERSE 2 (F)
(c)

No-ble Jo - seph- bY her side,- cal-1used hands and r'vea-

D G
D D sus
(F)
36 (c) (Cstts) (c)

ry eyes. There lvere no mid - rvives- to be found on the streets of Da-vids town

- D D sus D
A
39 (G) (c) (Cuts) (c)

----a

in the mid-dle of the night. -- So he held her- and he

- Fil',
Bm7 (Enr)
42 (Am7)
?,

prayed, shafts of moon - Iiglit- on his- face'

G
(F) CTESC,
45

-?--'
n 1 1r- - L^ L-, :- L-- .',^-h He waq the mak - er of the moon'
A D D/Ffl (G) (Gsus)
(G) (c) (ctE) decresc
47
,

He r,vas the auth-or of the faith that could make the moun-tains- move'.-.-.-
-
D Dsus D
A G (piano) (C) (Csus) (C)
(c) (F) o
50

nW Yeah- yeah.
D.S. al Coda
D DIE D/Ff,
G o Bm7 D (c)(c/D) (ctE)
A
55 o (dobro) G)
(Am7) (c)
{> -3 )- )-

CTE SC
It r'vas a la - bor of

{
o A
(G)
Bm7 D
(c)
59
)- )--
L )-t

heart, it a - bor of For lit-tle Ma rY ful of grace


was 1a love' -
G A
(G) (guitar)
(F') decresc
62

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lvith the tears up on her face it was a Ia bor of love'


-
-
- D D sus
D
G (c) (Csus
(C
65
F

(.
It was not a sil ent-
,ry)
D D sus D
G (c)
C (Csus)
69 (F)

night- on the streets of Da vid's- torvn'

- D
D A (c)
73
G
(F)
rit. (G) ri
Introt /c /G /D Dsus/D lc lc lD Dsus/D
DG
It was not a silent night
D Dsus
There was blood on the ground
DGA
You could hear a woman cry in the alleyway that night
A D Dsus
On the streets of David's town
D Bm7 F#m
And the stable was not clean and the cobblestones were cold
GA
And little Mary full of grace, with the tears upon her face
A DDsus D
Had no mother's hand to hold.
D D/E D/F# c A Bm7 D
It was a labor of pain, it was a cold strry above
DG
But for the girl on the ground in the darh
G A DDsus
With every beat of her beautiful heart, it was a labor of love

D G DDsus
Noble |oseph by her side, callused hands and weary eyes.
DG
There were no midwives to be found
A D Dsus
In the streets of David's town in the middle of the night
D Bm7 F#m
So he held her and he prayed, shafts of moonlight on his face
F#mGA
But the baby in her womb, he was the maker of the moon
AD
He was the author of the faith
D/F# A
That could make the mountains move
A G DDsusD G A Bm7 D
Yeah yeah
DD/ED/F# c A Bm7 D
It was a labor of pain, it was a cold slcy above
DG
But for the girl on the ground in the dark
A BmTD
With every beat of her beautiful heart, it was a labor of love
DGA
For little Mary full of grace, with the tears upon her face
A G lc /D Dsus/D
It was a labor of love

D G D Dsus D
It was not a silent nighg on the streets of David's town

G /G /D AlD

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