Away In A Manger

A Christmas carol that is commonly sung and has a lullaby-like tune. The lyrics speak of the birth of Jesus and how He watches over and cares for the children. Below are 2 versions of the song and the tabs and lyrics & chords show how the 2 versions are played.







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AWAY IN A MANGER (Version 1) / (Version 2) – Unknown Artiste
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Tabbed by: Graham Choo
Email: da_tweens@yahoo.co.uk

Tuning: Standard

(Version 1)
Intro:
   D
e|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
   D   D7  G   D  Asus A7  G   D   D   D7  G   D  Asus D  Asus D
e|-2---2---3---2---0---0---3---2---2---2---3---2---0---2---0---2-|
B|-3---1---3---3---3---2---3---3---3---1---3---3---3---3---3---3-|
G|-2---2---0---2---2---0---0---2---2---2---0---2---2---2---2---2-|
D|-0---0---0---0---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0---2---0---2---0-|
A|---------2-------0---0---2---------------2-------0-------0-----|
E|---------3---------------3---------------3---------------------|

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

Verse 1

Interlude 2:
   B
e|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2:
   E   E7  A   E   B   A   E   E   E7  A   E   B   E   B   E
e|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----|
B|-0---3---0---0---0---0---0---0---3---0---0---0---0---0---0-----|
G|-1---1---2---1---4---2---1---1---1---2---1---4---1---4---1-----|
D|-2---0---2---2---4---2---2---2---0---2---2---4---2---4---2-----|
A|-2---2---0---2---2---0---2---2---2---0---2---2---2---2---2-----|
E|-0---0-------0-----------0---0---0-------0-------0-------0-----|

Outro:
  Esus E
e|-0---0---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0---0---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2---1---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---2---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---0---------------------------------------------------------|

(Version 2)
Intro:
   D
e|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:
   D   D7  G   Em  D  Asus A7  D   D7  G   Em  D  Asus D 
e|-2---2---3---3---2---0---0---2---2---3---3---2---0---2---------|
B|-3---1---3---3---3---3---2---3---1---3---3---3---3---3---------|
G|-2---2---0---0---2---2---0---2---2---0---0---2---2---2---------|
D|-0---0---0---2---0---2---2---0---0---0---2---0---2---0---------|
A|---------2---2-------0---0-----------2---2-------0-------------|
E|---------3---0-----------------------3---0---------------------|

Interlude:
  Asus
e|-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

Interlude

Verse

Outro:
  Dsus D
e|-3---2---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3---3---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2---2---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---0---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note

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