Christmas 1915

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[Verse 1]
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1915 on Christmas Day
On the western front the guns all 
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died away
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And lying in the mud on bags of sand
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We heard a German sing from no 
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man's land
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He had tenor voice so pure and true
The words were strange but every 
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note we knew
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Soaring o'er the the living dead 
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and damned
    Em             A           
The German sang of peace from no 
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man's land

[Verse 2]
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They left their trenches and we left
 ours
Beneath tin hats smiles bloomed like
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 wild flowers
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With photos, cigarettes, and pots 
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of wine
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   Em               A          
We bult a soldier's truce on the 
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front line
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Their singer was a lad of 21
We begged another song before the 
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dawn
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And sitting in the mud and blood 
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and fear
   Em             A               
He sang again the song all longed 
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to hear

[Chorus]
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Silent night, no cannons roar
A king is born of peace for evermore
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      G           Em
All's calm, all's bright
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All brothers hand in hand
   Em     A              D
In 19 and 15 in no man's land

[Verse 3]
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And in the morning all the guns 
boomed in the rain
And we killed them and they killed 
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us again
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At night they charged we fought 
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them hand to hand
      Em                  A       
And I killed the boy that sang in 
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no man's land

[Chorus]
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Silent night no cannons roar
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A king is born of peace for evermore
      G           Em
All's calm, all's bright
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All brothers hand in hand
    Em                 A
And that young soldier sings
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And the song of peace still rings
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Though the captains and all the 
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kings
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Built no man's land

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Sleep in heavenly peace.