Christmas 1915 chords by Celtic Thunder

Chords with lyrics

D MajorD

Verse 1:
D MajorD
1915 on Christmas Day
                    A augmentedA
On the western front the guns all died away
  G+G              B minorBm
And lying in the mud on bags of sand
  E minorEm       A augmentedA         D MajorD
We heard a German sing from no man's land
  D MajorD
He had tenor voice so pure and true
                     A augmentedA
The words were strange but every note we knew
G+G                 B minorBm
Soaring or the the living dead and dammed
  E minorEm       A augmentedA          D MajorD
The German sang of peace from no man's land

Verse 2:
D MajorD
They left their trenches and we left ours
                     A augmentedA
Beneath tin hats smiles bloomed like wild flowers
   G+G                B minorBm
With photos, cigarettes, and pots of wine
  E minorEm        A augmentedA         D MajorD
We bult a soldier's truce on the front line
   D MajorD
Their singer was a lad of 21
                 A augmentedA
We begged another song before the dawn
  G+G                B minorBm
And sitting in the mud and blood and fear
  E minorEm       A augmentedA         D MajorD
He sang again the song all longed to hear

Chorus:
D MajorD
Silent night, no cannons roar
                   A augmentedA
A majorA king is born of peace for evermore
   G+G      E minorEm
All's calm, all's bright
           B minorBm
All brothers hand in hand
  E minorEm   A augmentedA       D MajorD
In 19 and 15 in no man's land

Verse 3:
D MajorD
And in the morning all the guns boomed in the rain
                   A augmentedA
And we killed them and they killed us again
G+G                      B minorBm
At night they charged we fought them hand to hand
   E minorEm         A augmentedA        D MajorD
And I killed the boy that sang in no man's land

Chorus:
D MajorD
Silent night no cannons roar
              A augmentedA
A majorA king is born of peace for evermore
   G+G      E minorEm
All's calm, all's bright
           B minorBm
All brothers hand in hand
  E minorEm         A augmentedA
And that young soldier sings
    E minorEm         A augmentedA
And the song of peace still rings
      E minorEm          A augmentedA
Though the captains and all the kings
   E minorEm A augmentedA   D MajorD
Built no man's land