Bethlehem Lyrics

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
Intro Riff
Beth-le-hem
is my kind of town
No matter what is born there
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-
And Betha-nys a pilgrim
Shes there by day-light
I thought she was one of the children
C D Em (see tab) A7
But now shes the mother of dreams I cant wake from
C D G Walk Down to Am instead of B7
Now shes the mother of night
The night lulls in
On biblical lands
G D Em (see tab)
And it stands for all Im missing
And it steals my mind with a half-smile
And it deals the North out in black piles
And it reels me hard round the past while
I think maybe I could belong there, too
Beth-le-hem
is my kind of town
With rooftops where the tar is warm
C D Em (see tab) A7
Where I??m so lonesome I could drown
And no one would kneel themselves down
(Walk down from G to E7)
To fish me
Save maybe Beth
Save maybe Beth
Save maybe Betha-ny
Sources:
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off