Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
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F minorFm
How suddenly a baby cries
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Bb majorBb
and all forever change
C minorCm
F minorFm
As shepherds leave the angel song
Eb MajorEb
F minorFm
C minorCm
to find this holy place
G minorGm
C minorCm
F minorFm
Eb MajorEb
Where in her young and trembling arms
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G minorGm
a virgin holds her Son
F minorFm
C minorCm
And in this Child of breath divine
DmDm
C minorCm Bb2
our Light has finally come
Verse 2:
C minorCm
F minorFm
She ponders how the Magi kneel
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Bb majorBb
be-fore Emmanu-el
C minorCm
F minorFm
With gold and frankin-cense and myrrh
Eb MajorEb
F minorFm
C minorCm
Christ’s sacri-fice they tell
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C minorCm
F minorFm
Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA dream would help them flee a king
C minorCm
G minorGm
whose pride would cruelly des-troy
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C minorCm
As mothers weep God’s mercy meets
DmDm
C minorCm Bb2
the hunger for His joy
Verse 3:
C minorCm
F minorFm
What wonder still that Anna filled
Eb MajorEb
Bb majorBb
with praise should bless the Lord
C minorCm
F minorFm
Her aging eyes now looking on
Eb MajorEb
F minorFm
C minorCm
the Savior of the world
G minorGm
C minorCm
F minorFm
Eb MajorEb
For night and day her prayers had filled
C minorCm
G minorGm
the temple of our God
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C minorCm
Her heart could tell His saving hand
DmDm
C minorCm Bb2
with-in this gift of love
Verse 4:
C minorCm
F minorFm
Hear Simeon who had waited long
Eb MajorEb
Bb majorBb
draw near to hold the child
C minorCm
F minorFm
To speak of Him who would reveal
Eb MajorEb
F minorFm
C minorCm
the many thoughts we hide
G minorGm
C minorCm
F minorFm
Eb MajorEb
That hearts would rise to know His grace
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G minorGm
but many fall a-way
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C minorCm
A augmentedA sword would pierce His mother’s soul
DmDm
C minorCm Bb2
up-on redemption day
Verse 5:
C minorCm
F minorFm
How suddenly a baby cried
Eb MajorEb
Bb majorBb
and all forever chang-ed
C minorCm
F minorFm
Through history soul by soul have come
Eb MajorEb
F minorFm
C minorCm
to find His healing grace
G minorGm
C minorCm
F minorFm
Eb MajorEb
He filled my troubl-ed heart with peace,
C minorCm
G minorGm
with hope of endless worth
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C minorCm
My voice will join the song of praise
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C minorCm Bb2
that tells Messiah’s birth