400 Years chords by Sarah Sparks

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Em G Em G

Verse 1:
Em                     G
Stars lingered over us shepherds, we commoners
Am                     Em D
Watching our flocks by night
Em                    G
Then in the sky above glory of heaven shone
Am       F#dim        Em
Angel appeared in the light

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

Instrumental:
Em G Am Em D

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

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

Instrumental:
Em G Am Em D

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

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