Mary Did You Know Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Mary Did You Know guitar lesson with chords. I had a student in my Private Community request this song and I am so glad she did.
This is one of my mother's favorite Christmas songs and Kathy Mattea does a absolutely powerful version of this. The chords themselves are not hard. There are no barre chords fortunately, but there are some 7 chords. Fortunately for Am7 and Em7 you can play the regular Am and Em chords but you will need to use the B7 chord. There is also an optional walkdown from G to Em.
Let's take a look!
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Mary Did You Know Guitar Chords:
Mary Did You Know Strumming Patterns:
Strumming:
1 2 3 4 +
D DD U
Picking:
This song is very well suited to picking or fingerpicking. For an easy way to go about it, I would do 4 down picks per chord starting from the 4th string and working you way down to the high e string with a timing of 1 + 2 + and then let the notes ring.
Alternatively, you could do a continuous 8th note picking pattern and that would sound lovely as well.
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Mary Did You Know Chord Chart:
INTRO:
Em D C B7
Em D C B7
VERSE:
Em D
Mary did you know that your baby boy
C B7
would someday walk on water?
Em D
Mary did you know that your baby boy
C B7
would save our sons and daughters?
C D
Did you know that your baby boy
|G D/F#| Em
has come to make you new?
Am7 Am7
This child that you've delivered
Em7 B7
will soon deliver you.
VERSE:
Em D
Mary did you know that your baby boy
C B7
will give sight to a blind man?
Em D
Mary did you know that your baby boy
C B7
will calm a storm with His hand?
C D
Did you know that your baby boy
|G D/F#| Em
has walked where angels trod?
Am7 Am7
When you've kissed your little baby
Em B7
then you've kissed the face of God.
Em D C B7
Em D C
Mary, did you know...?
B7
Mary, did you know...?
BRIDGE:
C D
The blind will see, the deaf will hear
| G D/F#| Em
the dead will live a--gain
C D
The lame will leap, the dumb will speak
G B7 B7 (strum & hold)
the praises of the Lamb.
VERSE:
Em D
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
C B7
is Lord of all creation?
Em D
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
C B7
will one day rule the nations?
C D
Did you know that your baby boy
G |D/F# Em|
was heaven's perfect lamb?
Am7 Am7
This sleeping child you're holding
Em7 B7 Em D |C B7| Em
is the great "I AM".
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