Verse 1AmCGAmA spaceman came travelling on his ship from afar,
CGFFG
'twas light years of time since his mission did start
AmEmFAm
And over a village he halted his craft,
CGFFGAm
And it hung in the sky like a star, just like a star.
Verse 2AmCGAm
He followed a light and came down to a shed,
CGFFG
Where a mother and child were lying there on a bed,
AmEmFAmA bright light of silver shone round his head,
CGFFGAm
And he had the face of an angel, and they were afraid.
Verse 3AmCGAm
Then the stranger spoke, he said "Do not fear,
CGFFG
I come from a planet a long way from here,
AmEmFAm
And I bring a message for mankind to hear",
CGFFGAm
And suddenly the sweetest music filled the air.
ChorusFGAmEmFAm
And it went La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
CGFFG
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
AmEmFAm
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
CGFFGAm
Peace and goodwill to all of men, and love for the child.
FGAmEmFAm
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
CGFFG
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
AmEmFAm
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
CGF
oh, oh, oh.
Verse 4AmCGAm
This lovely music went trembling through the ground,
CGFFG
And many were wakened on hearing that sound,
AmEmFAm
And travellers on the road, the village they found,
CGFFGAm
By the light of that ship in the sky, which shone all around.
Verse 5]
AmCGAm
And just before dawn at the paling of the sky,
CGFFG
The stranger returned and said "Now I must fly,
AmEmFAm
When two thousand years of your time has gone by,
CGFFGAm
This song will begin once again, to a babys cry".
[Final ChorusFGAmEmFAm
And it went La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
CGFFG
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
AmEmFAm
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
CGFFGAm
Peace and goodwill to all of men, and love for the child.
FGAmEmFAm
And I hear La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
CGFFG
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
AmEmFAm
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
CGFFGAm
This song will begin once again, to a babys cry".
FGAmEmFAm
And it went La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
CGFFG
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
AmEmFAm
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
CGFFGAm
This song will begin once again, to a babys cry".
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.