[Intro: ]Music 

                                       Am 
I was takin a trip on a plane the other day 
      G 
Just wishing that I could get out. 
          F 
When the man next to me saw the book in my hand 
      E 
And asked me what it was about. 
              Am 
So I settled back in my seat- 
                             G 
"A best seller," I said. "A history, a mystery in one." 
            F 
And then I opened up the book and began to read 
      E 
From Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. 


Chorus: 
        Am 
He was born of a virgin one holy night 
        F 
In the little town of Bethlehem. 
 Dm 
Angels gathered round him underneath the stars 
         E 
Singing praises to the great I Am. 
    Am                                                F 
He walked on the water, healed the lame and made the blind to see again. 
             Dm                                       E 
And for the first time here on earth we learned that God could be a friend. 
               F 
And though he never ever did a single thing wrong 
     Am 
The angry crowd chose him.  
             Dm 
And then he walked down the road and died on the cross 
     E                       Am 
and that was the end of the beginning. 

         Am                                                 G 
"that's not a new book that's a bible," he said, "and I've heard it all before. 
            F                                          E 
I've tried religion- it's shame and guilt and I don't need it anymore. 
      Am                                      G 
It's superstition, made up tales and just to help the weak to survive. " 
         F                                            E 
"Let me read it again," I said, "listen closely, cuz this is gonna change your life. 


Chorus: 

                 Am 
"The end of the beginning," he said with a smile. 
       G 
"What more could there be? He's dead. 
               F 
You said they hung him, put nails in His hands 
       E 
And a crown of thorns on His head. " 
               Am 
I said, "I'll read it again but this time there's more, 
    G 
And I believe that this is true. 
           F 
His death wasn't the end, the beginning of life 
        E 
That's completed in you. Don't you see he did all this for you! " 

Chorus: 
        Am 
He was born of a virgin one holy night 
        F 
In the little town of Bethlehem 
         Dm             E 
All the angles singing praises to the great I am 
    Am 
He walked on the water, healed the lame, 
              F 
And made the blind to see(eee) 
              Dm 
(and for the first time here on earth) 
                   E 
Did you know that God could be a friend. 
        F 
Tho He never ever did a single thing wrong, 
   Am 
He was the one the crowd chose. 
     Dm 
Then he walked and he died but 
 E 
Three days later (3x) he rose!!!!!!!! 
Am 
Three days later he rose! 
            F        Am        Dm 
You see he came, he lived, and he died. 
     E                         Am 
But that was the end.. of the beginning.