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