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✝ Intro:
E A
✝ Verse 1:
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On a starlit hillside
A
Shepherds watched their sheep
E
Slowly David's city
A
Drifted off to sleep
F#m
But to this little town
C#m
of no great renown
A
the Lord had a promise to keep
✝ Interlude:
E A
✝ Verse 2:
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Prophets have foretold it
A
a mighty king would come
E
Long awaited ruler
A
God's annointed one
F#m
But the Sovereign of all
C#m
looked helpless and small
A
as God gave the world His own son
✝ Chorus:
E
Who would have dreamed
A
or ever foreseen
C#m B A
that we could hold God in our hands
E
The giver of life
A
was born in the night
C#m B A
revealing God's glorious plan
A E
to save the world
A E (x2)
✝ Verse 3:
E
Wondrous gift of heaven
A
the Father sends the son
E
planned from time eternal
A
moved by holy love
F#m
He will carry our curse
C#m
and death He'll reverse
A
so we can be daughters and sons
✝ Chorus:
E
Who would have dreamed
A
or ever foreseen
C#m B A
that we could hold God in our hands
E
The giver of life
A
was born in the night
C#m B A
revealing God's glorious plan
A E
to save the world
E
Who would have dreamed
A
or ever foreseen
C#m B A
that we could hold God in our hands
E
The giver of life
A
was born in the night
C#m B A
revealing God's glorious plan
A E
to save the world
A E (x2)
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Published: December 10, 2023
Last Updated: February 11, 2026