I Need A Silent Night

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[Verse]
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I've made this same mistake before
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too many malls, too many stores.
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December traffic, Christmas rush
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it breaks me till I push and shove.
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Children are crying while 
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mothers are trying
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to photograph Santa and sleigh.
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Shopping and buying and standing
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 forever in line-
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what can I say?

[Chorus]
         G      C        D    G 
I need a silent night, a holy 
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night
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to hear an angel voice through the 
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chaos and the noise.
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I need a midnight clear, a little 
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peace right here
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to end this crazy day with a 
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silent night.

[Verse]
G                        C
December comes then disappears
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faster and faster every year.
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Did my own mother keep this pace
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or was the world a different place?
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Where people stayed home, wishing
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 for snow
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watching three channels on their 
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TVs.
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Look at us now, rushing around
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trying to buy Christmas peace.

[Chorus]
         G      C        D    G 
I need a silent night, a holy 
    D
night
   C             G                 
to hear an angel voice through the 
Am              D
chaos and the noise.
         G        C               
I need a midnight clear, a little 
D           G    D
peace right here
   C              Am            D
to end this crazy day with a 
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silent night.

[Bridge]
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What was it like back there in 
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Bethlehem?
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With peace on earth
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Good will toward men

[Chorus]
         G      C        D    G 
I need a silent night, a holy 
    D
night
   C             G                 
to hear an angel voice through the 
Am              D
chaos and the noise.
         G        C               
I need a midnight clear, a little 
D           G    D
peace right here
   C              Am             
to end this crazy day with a 
D       G
silent night.
   C              Am             
To end this crazy day with a 
D       G
silent night.