Mary Did You Know chords

by Clay Aiken

Composer: Buddy Greene
Lyrics: Mark Lowry (1984)
Featured Artist: Clay Aiken
Album: Merry Christmas With Love
Music: Key of Eb Minor in 4/4 time at 100 bpm (♩)
Easier in Dm with chords: Dm, F, Gm, A, Asus, Bb, C

Chart Legend

Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note

Mary Did You Know

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The Relative Major Key of Dm is highlighted - Transpose to any other key.

   
             Dm    C    Gm    A    Dm   C    Gm   Asus    A
Intro: 4/4 |    |     |     |    |    |    |    |      - (Mary did you)|
                  Dm
1. Ma-ry, did you know
             C              Gm              A
   That your ba-by boy will one day walk on wa-ter?
                  Dm
   Ma-ry, did you know
             C              Gm                A
   That your ba-by boy will save our sons and daugh-ters?
           Gm                C             F                Dm
** Did you know    That your ba-by boy has come to make you new?
        Gm                                    Asus4          A
   This child that you've de-liv-ered    Will soon de-li-ver you.

                  Dm
2. Ma-ry, did you know
             C              Gm              A
   That your ba-by boy will give sight to a blind man?
                  Dm
   Ma-ry, did you know
             C              Gm                A
   That your ba-by boy will calm a storm with his hand?
           Gm                 C             F                    Dm
** Did you know     that your ba-by boy has walked where an-gels trod?
            Gm                                Asus4              A
   When you kiss your lit-tle ba-by    you've kissed the face of God.
      Dm                          C    Gm       A  
   Oh Ma-ry      Did you know? |     | Ooo...|     |


      Dm     C     Gm    Am
   |      |     |     |      |


            Bb                    C
Bridge: The blind will see    The deaf will hear
            Dm        C          Bb
        The dead will live a-gain...
            Gm                    C
        The lame will leap    The dumb will speak
            Dm                Dm       A
        The prais-es of The | Lamb...|    |  𝄎  |

                  Dm
3. Ma-ry, did you know
             C            Gm              A
   That your ba-by boy is Lord of all cre-a-tion?
                  Dm
   Ma-ry, did you know
             C              Gm               A
   That your ba-by boy will one day rule the na-tions?
           Gm                C            F                  Dm
** Did you know    That your ba-by boy is hea-ven's per-fect lamb?
        Gm                                       A
   This sleep-ing child you're hold-ing   Is the great
    A      Dm       C     Gm    A    Dm
  | I...|  AM... |     |     |     |     |

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