400 Years chords by Sarah Sparks

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

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

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