This Is Christmas chords by Kutless

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard

Play the G#* like this, or it won’t sound right.
  Ab*
e|---X---|
B|---5---|
G|---4---|
D|---2---|
A|---X---|
E|---4---|

Intro: A D A

Verse 1:
    D
Do you find it hard to sleep tonight,
A

Resting by the Christmas lights?
D                 A
Could there be something you forgot?
D
Beyond the bows and mistletoe,
  A
The tree with presents wrapped below,
    D                   A
There’s more to this than you had ever thought.
G                E
Have we lost the reason that we celebrate each year?

Chorus:
    A      E
What is Christmas,
     D         Bm         F#m
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger?
    E         D
What is Christmas without Christ?

D A

Verse 2:
D
Remember how the story goes:
   A
God’s gift was wrapped in swaddling clothes,
D                     A
Beneath the star, one great and holy night.
  D
The shepherds heard the angels sing.
  A
The wise men brought an offering.
D                A
Peace on Earth began in Bethlehem.
G                E
Have we lost the reason that we celebrate each year?

Chorus:
    A    E
What is Christmas,
     D         Bm         F#m
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger?
    E
What is Christmas,
    D          Bm          F#m
If the angels never sang, "Glory to the newborn King"?
    A         D   E
What is Christmas without Christ?

Bridge:
There’d be no
 F#m D A E
"Glo-o-o-oria,
A      D E
In excelsis deo.
F#m D A E
Glo-o-o-oria,
F#m     D E A
In excelsis de-e-o."

Chorus:
    A      E
What is Christmas,
     D         Bm         F#m
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger.
    E         D
What is Christmas without Christ?

Final Chorus:
A
    E
This is Christmas!
   D         Bm
It’s all about a Savior wrapped in a manger.
F#m   Ab*
This is Christmas,
D     Bm  F#m D F#m E
Because of Jesus Chri-ist.
    A      E
This is Christmas,
      F#m Ab*
Because of Christ,
      A
Because of Christ.