A Stable Lamp Is Lighted
Marty Haugen
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G7 C Dm7 Gsus4 G A stable lamp is lightedAm F G Whose glow shall wake the sky;Dm C/E Bb/F The stars shall bend their voic -F es,Dm Dm7 G And every stone shall cry.Dm Dm7 Gsus4 G And every stone shall cry,Dm7 E7 Am C7/G And straw like gold shall shine;Dm Dm/F C/G A barn shall harbour heaven,Dm9 Gsus4 G7 C G/C F/C A stall be-come a shrine.Dm7/C C G/C F/C [Verse 2]G7 C Dm7 Gsus4 G This child through David's cityAm F G Shall ride in triumph by;Dm C/E Bb/F F The palm shall strew its branch-es,Continues after the adDm Dm7 G And every stone shall cry.Dm Dm7 Gsus4 G And every stone shall cry,Dm7 E Am C7/G Though heavy, dull and dumb,Dm Dm/F C/G And lie within the roadwayDm9 Gsus4 G7 C G/C F/C To pave his king-dom come.Dm7/C C G/C F/C [Verse 3]G7 C Dm7 Gsus4 G Yet he shall be for-sak-en,Am F G And yielded up to die;Dm C/E Bb/F F The sky shall groan and darken,Dm Dm7 G And every stone shall cry.Dm Dm7 Gsus4 G And every stone shall cryDm7 E7 Am C7/G For hearts made hard by sin:Dm Dm/F C/G God's blood up-on the spearhead,Dm9 Gsus4 G7 C G/C God's love refused a - gain.F/C Dm7/C C G/C F/C [Verse 4]G7 C Dm7 Gsus4 G But now, as at the ending,Am F G The low is lifted high;Dm C/E Bb/F F The stars shall bend their voices,Dm Dm7 G And every stone shall cry.Dm Dm7 Gsus4 G And every stone shall cryDm7 E7 Am C7/G In praises of the childDm Dm/F C/G By whose de-scent among usDm9 Gsus4 G7 C G/C F/C The worlds are re-co-nciled.Dm7/C C G/C F/C