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While You Were Sleeping chords by Casting Crowns

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Chord diagramG+G

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramE minorEm
  Oh little town of Bethlehem
            Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
Looks like another silent night
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramE minorEm
Above your deep and dreamless sleep
        Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramA augmentedA giant star lights up the sky
Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramE minorEm
And while you're lying in the dark
      Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
There shines an everlasting light
Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramE minorEm
For the King has left His throne
       Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramC majorC
And is sleeping in a manger tonight - tonight

Chorus:
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramE minorEm                    Chord diagramC majorC
  Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
    Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramE minorEm                Chord diagramC majorC
For God became a man and stepped into your world today
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramC majorC
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history
     Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC majorC
As a city with no room for its King
                Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC                    Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
While you were sleeping    -    While you were sleeping

Verse 2:
Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramE minorEm
  Mary shivers in the cold
          Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
Trying to keep the Savior warm
Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramE minorEm               Chord diagramC majorC
Born among the animals, wrapped in dirty rags
        Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramE minorEm               Chord diagramC majorC
Because there was no room for Him in the world He came to save.

Chorus:
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramE minorEm                    Chord diagramC majorC
  Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
    Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramE minorEm                Chord diagramC majorC
For God became a man and stepped into your world today
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramC majorC
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history
     Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC majorC
As a city with no room for its King
                Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC                    Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
While you were sleeping    -    While you were sleeping

Verse 3:
Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramE minorEm
 United States of America
            Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
Looks like another silent night
Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramE minorEm
 As we're sung to sleep by philosophies
              Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
That save the trees and kill the children
Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramE minorEm
 And while we're lying in the dark
          Chord diagramC majorC                      Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
There's a shout heard 'cross the eastern sky
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramE minorEm
 For the Bridegroom has returned
        Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC majorC
And has carried His bride away in the night - in the night

Chorus:
Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramE minorEm                Chord diagramC majorC
 America, what will we miss while we are sleeping
     Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramE minorEm                  Chord diagramC majorC
Will Jesus come again and leave us slumbering where we lay
Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramE minorEm          Chord diagramC majorC
 America, will we go down in history
     Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramC majorC
As a nation with no room for its King
           Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
Will we be sleeping    -     Will we be sleeping

Outro:
Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramE minorEm               Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G
 United States of America - Looks like another silent night..

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