Chord/Tab song: Bethlehem

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The Orion Songbook: Track 7

Matthew Milia: songs, voice, guitar, harmonica, pedal steel
David W. Jones: banjo, voice, dobro
Zachary Nichols: brass, singing-saw, melodica, keyboards
Ryan Etzcorn: drums, percussion

Tuning: Standard

Intro Riff

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------0----------|
D|---------------0---0h2------------|
A|---------0h1h2---2-------2-0------|
E|---3------------------------------|

[G]Beth-le-[D7]hem [G7] [C]
is my kind of [A7]town
No [Bm]matter what is [Am]born there[Cm]
C D Em (see tab) A7
Most men find their knees on the ground
C D G (see tab) B7
Most men find their knees on the ground

-Walk down from G to B7-

[G] [B7]

e|--3-3-------------2---2-2--2-2--2-2---|
B|--0-0-------------0---0-0--0-0--0-0---|
G|--0-0--0-0--0-0---2---2-2--2-2--2-2---|
D|--0-0--0-0--0-0---1---1-1--1-1--1-1---|
A|--2-2--0-0--0-0---2---2-2--2-2--2-2---|
E|--3-3--2-2--1-1-----------------------|

And [G]Betha-[D7]nys a [G7]pilgrim

e|---1------------------0---|
B|---0--3/5--3----------1---|
G|---0---------4-3-2----0---|
D|---0---------------0--2---|
A|---2------------------3---|
E|---3--3/(5)---------------|

[C]Shes there by day-[A7]light
I [Bm]thought she was one of the [Am]children[Cm]
C D Em (see tab) A7
But now shes the mother of dreams I cant wake from

e|-----------------0--|
B|--0-0------------2--|
G|--0-0------------0--|
D|--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--|
A|--2-2--0-0--0-0--0--|
E|--0-0--0-0--2-2-----|

C D G Walk Down to Am instead of B7
Now shes the mother of night
The night [Am]lulls in
On [C]biblical [C7]lands
G D Em (see tab)
And it stands for all Im missing
And it [Bm]steals my [F]mind with a [C]half-[D]smile
And it [Bm]deals the [F]North out in [C]black [D]piles
And it [Bm]reels me [F]hard round the [C]past [D]while
I think [Em]maybe [A7]I could [C]belong [Cm]there, too

[G]Beth-le-[D7]hem [G7] [F] [C]
is my kind of [A7]town
With [Bm]rooftops where the [Am]tar is [Cm]warm
C D Em (see tab) A7
Where I'm so lonesome I could drown
And [C]no one would [D]kneel themselves[G] down

(Walk down from G to E7)
To fish [E7]me
[C]Save maybe [D]Beth
[C]Save maybe [D]Beth
[C]Save maybe [D]Betha-[G]ny

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| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off