Hopes Song chords by Rebecca St James

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
      C majorC           G+G
There's a story that started on Christmas
     C majorC          G+G
When a baby was born in the night
    FF           C majorC
And those who came far, who followed this star
   A minorAm    FF    G+G   G+G
Were seeing a heavenly sight
       Bb majorBb FF F C majorC Bb majorBb FF F G+G
a heavenly sight.
      C majorC      A minorAm     G+G      C majorC
Well the years hurried by, and the boy, now a man
    A minorAm       FF      Bb majorBb
Could make the blind see with a touch of his hand
    A minorAm     FF      C majorC
He was born to be King he was Rabbi and Priest
     A minorAm     FF    G+G
But the best that he had, he gave to the least
         Bb majorBb FF F C majorC
He gave to the least.

Verse 2:
    FF      A minorAm      G+G   C majorC
He was born and he died, almost 2,000 years ago
   FF      A minorAm    G+G       C majorC
He laughed and he cried, he felt all the fears we know
   FF       A minorAm    G+G     A2
But what does it matter? A augmentedA story so strange
   Bb majorBb       G+G
Even if it is true, what does it change?
           Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb FF
What does it change?
     C majorC      A minorAm      G+G       C majorC
Well he spoke like a prophet like no one they'd heard
    A minorAm       FF     Bb majorBb
This simple young carpenter crowds hung on every word
   A minorAm    FF   C majorC
He hated injustice He taught what is right
  A minorAm      FF      G+G
He said "I'm the way, and the truth, and the light."

Verse 3:
    FF       A minorAm     G+G    C majorC
His friends soon believed that truly he was the one.
    FF    A minorAm   G+G      C majorC
The Savior, Messiah, God's one and only son.
   FF      A minorAm      G+G    A2
But others, they doubted, they did not agree
     DmDm
So they took him, they tried him,
  FF     G+G
He died on a tree
       C majorC
He died on a tree.

Bridge:
 FF       C majorC
God has made a way
   G+G    A minorAm
for all who mourn and grieve
 FF     C majorC  A minorAm    G+G
Death will never be the end
FF    G+G   C majorC
if you just believe.

Verse 4:
C majorC
There is nothing left to fear
  A minorAm   G+G   C majorC
nothing Heaven knows
    FF    G+G   A minorAm   G+G
For he died for us to give us life
    FF    G+G    C majorC
and to give us hope He rose
   FF   G+G   A minorAm    G+G
He died for us to give us life
    FF   G+G    C majorC
And to give us hope He rose.