Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: G+G
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Oh little town of Bethlehem
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Looks like another silent night
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Above your deep and dreamless sleep
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
A augmentedA giant star lights up the sky
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And while you're lying in the dark
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
There shines an everlasting light
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
For the King has left His throne
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
And is sleeping in a manger tonight - tonight
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
For God became a man and stepped into your world today
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
As a city with no room for its King
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
While you were sleeping - While you were sleeping
Verse 2:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Mary shivers in the cold
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Trying to keep the Savior warm
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Born among the animals, wrapped in dirty rags
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Because there was no room for Him in the world He came to save.
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
For God became a man and stepped into your world today
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
As a city with no room for its King
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
While you were sleeping - While you were sleeping
Verse 3:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
United States of America
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Looks like another silent night
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
As we're sung to sleep by philosophies
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
That save the trees and kill the children
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And while we're lying in the dark
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
There's a shout heard 'cross the eastern sky
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
For the Bridegroom has returned
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
And has carried His bride away in the night - in the night
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
America, what will we miss while we are sleeping
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Will Jesus come again and leave us slumbering where we lay
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
America, will we go down in history
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
As a nation with no room for its King
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Will we be sleeping - Will we be sleeping
Outro:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G
United States of America - Looks like another silent night..