400 Years chords by Sarah Sparks

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
E minorEm G+G E minorEm G+G

Verse 1:
E minorEm                     G+G
Stars lingered over us shepherds, we commoners
A minorAm                     E minorEm D MajorD
Watching our flocks by night
E minorEm                    G+G
Then in the sky above glory of heaven shone
A minorAm       F#dimF#dim        E minorEm
Angel appeared in the light


Chorus 1:
C majorC                   G+G
And in four hundred years
F#dimF#dim            E minorEm    G+G
Not one word was spo - ken
C majorC                     G+G
And the prophets were silent
F#dimF#dim             E minorEm     G+G
Leaving us in the dark - ness
C majorC                      E minorEm
But then what should appear
                  A minorAm                  E minorEm
Do we hear a new sound in this silent night?
D MajorD        A minorAm
For the first time
     F#dimF#dim  A minorAm   E minorEm
Not a si - lent night

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Instrumental:
E minorEm G+G A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD


Verse 2:
E minorEm                     G+G
Come let us go and see a long expected king
A minorAm                       E minorEm  D MajorD
Hurry, new paths we had made
E minorEm                            G+G
"What is this " wondered we. "God in humanity?
A minorAm       F#dimF#dim      E minorEm
Were we expecting a babe "


Chorus 2:
C majorC                   G+G
And in four hundred years
F#dimF#dim            E minorEm   G+G
What a sight for sore eyes
C majorC                         G+G
Of the light through our tears
F#dimF#dim                    E minorEm     G+G
Hearts were pierced by a babe's cry
C majorC                  E minorEm
And we fell to our knees
                  A minorAm                    E minorEm
At the sound of a king, this our hearts reply
D MajorD       A minorAm
For the first time
     F#dimF#dim  A minorAm  E minorEm
Not a si - lent night


Instrumental:
E minorEm G+G A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD


Verse 3:
E minorEm                        G+G
Now, we still waited long to sing our final song
A minorAm                            E minorEm   D MajorD
And this whole earth joins in groaning
E minorEm                       G+G
Someday soon we will see the glory of our king
A minorAm         F#dimF#dim     E minorEm
Take us to our final home


Chorus 3:
C majorC                     G+G
And the trumpets will sound
F#dimF#dim            E minorEm   G+G
With all evil defeated
C majorC                     G+G
We will rise from the ground
F#dimF#dim               E minorEm  G+G
With this story completed
C majorC                  E minorEm
All will fall to their knees
                  A minorAm                    E minorEm
At the sight of a king, this our hearts reply
D MajorD       A minorAm
For all time
     F#dimF#dim  A minorAm  E minorEm
Not a si - lent night