Precious Promise chords by Steven Curtis Chapman

Chords with lyrics

Key: G+G

🎸 Intro:

G+G D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 Csus2Csus2


🎸 Verse 1:
G+G          D/F#D/F#
Oh what a precious promise
E minor 7Em7        Bm7Bm7
Oh what a gift of love
  C majorC       D MajorD
An angel tells a virgin that
G+G           C majorC
She's gonna have a son
   G+G            D/F#D/F#
And though it's a precious promise
  E minor 7Em7          Bm7Bm7
She wonders how can this be
C majorC           D MajorD
What will the people say
      G+G
And what if Joseph can't believe
     Am7Am7
And her questions and her fears
  Am7b5Am7b5           G+G
Are met with an overwhelming joy
   D/F#D/F#       E minor 7Em7
That God has chosen her
C majorC          D/C
Oh what a precious promise
Am7Am7      D MajorD        G+G  D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D/C C majorC
Mary waits as heaven comes to earth

🎸 Verse 2:
G+G          D/F#D/F#
Oh what a precious promise
E minor 7Em7        Bm7Bm7
Oh what a gift of love
C majorC         D MajorD
Joseph makes his choice to do
  G+G
What few men would have done
    Am7Am7
To take Mary as his bride
      Am7b5Am7b5        G+G
When she's already carrying a child
   D/F#D/F#     E minor 7Em7
That isn't his own
C majorC          D/C
Oh what a precious promise
Am7Am7      D MajorD        G+G  D/F#D/F#
Mary and the child will have a home

🎸 Bridge:
   E minor 7Em7         Bm7Bm7
And shepherds stand on a hillside
       C majorC        D MajorD       C majorC   G+G
Their hearts racing with the news the angel told them
 E minor 7Em7            Bm7Bm7
A augmentedA star's light fills up the dark sky
    C majorC         G/BG/B     C majorC
As the night of precious promise is unfolding

🎸 Verse 3:
G+G          D/F#D/F#
Oh what a precious promise
E minor 7Em7        Bm7Bm7
Oh what a gift of love
   C majorC       D MajorD
The waiting now is over and
  G+G
The time has finally come
    Am7Am7
For the God who made this world
  Am7b5Am7b5
To roll back the curtain
   G+G        D/F#D/F#       E minor 7Em7
And unveil His passion for the heart of man
C majorC          D/C
Oh what a precious promise
Am7Am7     D MajorD    D#dimD#dim  E minor 7Em7
Lying in a manger in Bethlehem
C majorC
Oh what a precious promise
Am7Am7     D MajorD       G+G  D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 C2 G+G
Lying in a manger in Bethlehem