The Angels Knew chords by Nick & Becky Drake

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: C majorC

✝ Verse 1:
C majorC          F/CF/C
  The angels knew   from long ago
G/C                  C majorC
  That God so loved the world and would not let it go.
             F/CF/C
  And prayers of saints   across the years
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  Were crying out for a Messiah to appear.

✝ Verse 2:
C majorC          F/CF/C
  Where can He be
this child of God?
G/C                  C majorC
  The wise men longed to see who they'd been dreaming of.
             F/CF/C
  The star shone out
the angels sang:
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  The sound of heaven ringing out across the land.
C majorC  F/CF/C   G/C C majorC
Gloria
gloria.
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Gloria
gloria.

✝ Verse 3:
C majorC          FF
  Into the night
into the cold,
G7G7              C majorC
  Onto the stable floor the Son of God was born.
Am7Am7           FF
  From heaven's throne  to Mary's arms
G+G                C majorC
  The God who made the stars became like one of us.
C majorC     FF   G+G     C majorC
Christ is born, Christ is born,
A minorAm    FF   G+G     C majorC  A minorAm  FF  C majorC  G+G  A minorAm  FF  C majorC  G+G
Christ is born, Christ is born.

✝ Verse 4:
C majorC           FF
  This day of love
this day of grace,
G7G7               C majorC
  This day when God came to embrace the human race;
Am7Am7          FF
  The hope of all
the Light of life,
G+G               C majorC
  The King of glory born to die for you and I.
C majorC FF  G+G C majorC
Jesus, Jesus,
A minorAm   FF  G+G C majorC  C majorC
Je - sus, Jesus.