Intro: G D6/F# Em7 C
    G                  D6 F#
S   Oh what a precious promise
E   Em7               Bm
C   Oh what a gift of love
T      C             D
    An angel tells a virgin that
A   G                      C
    She's gonna have a son

    And though it's a precious promise
A   She wonders how can this be
    What will the people say
    And what if Joseph can't believe
  
            Am
    And her questions and her fears
S       Am7         A?         G
E   Are met with an overwhelming joy
C        D6 F#          Em7
T   That God has chosen her
    Cm7
B   Oh what a precious promise
    Am7           D               G (play intro)
    Mary waits as heaven comes to earth

    Oh what a precious promise
A   Oh what a gift of love
    Joseph makes his choice to do
    What few men would have done
    
    To take Mary as his bride
    When she's already carrying a child
B   That isn't his own
    Oh what a precious promise
    Mary and the child will have a home

        Em7                  Bm
    And shepherds stand on a hillside
                 C               D              C    G     C G
    Their hearts racing with the news the angel told them
      Em7                       Bm
    A star's light fills up the dark sky
           C                 G6 B         C
    As the night of precious promise is unfolding

    Oh what a precious promise
 A  Oh what a gift of love
    The waiting now is over and
    The time has finally come

    For the God who made this world
    To roll back the curtain and unveil
 B  His passion for the heart of man
    Oh what a precious promise
                               Em
    Lying in a manger in Bethlehem

    Cm7
    Oh what a precious promise
    Am       D               G (play intro) G
    Lying in a manger in Bethlehem