A G Am7 G/B C D
A - wake! a-wake, and greet the new morn,
G/B C Am7 D7
For angels herald its dawning.
G Am7 G/B C D
Sing out your joy, for now he is born,
G/B Am7 D C G
Be - hold! the Child of our long-ing.
D D/F# G D Em
Come as a ba-by weak and poor,
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To bring all hearts to-geth - er,
G C B7 Em
He open wide the heavenly door,
Am7 D7 G Am7 G/B C
And lives now inside us for ev - er.
[Verse 2]
A G Am7 G/B C D
To us, to all in sor-row and fear,
G/B C Am7 D7
Emmanuel comes a-singing,
G Am7 G/B C D
His humble song is quiet and near,
G/B Am7 D C G
Yet fills the earth with its ringing.
D D/F# G D Em
Music to heal the bro-ken soul
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And hymns of loving kind - ness,
G C B7 Em
The thunder of the anthems roll
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to shatter all hatred and blind-ness.
[Verse 3]
A G Am7 G/B C D
In darkest night his coming shall be,
G/B C Am7 D7
When all the world is de-spair-ing,
G Am7 G/B C D
As morning light so quiet and free,
G/B Am7 D C G
So warm and gentle and caring.
D D/F# G D Em
The shall the mute breaks forth in song,
Em/D Am/D D Em D7
The lame shall leap in won - der,
G C B7 Em
The weak be raised a-bove the strong,
Am7 D7 G Am7 G/B C
And weapons be broken a-sun-der.
[Verse 4]
A G Am7 G/B C D
Rejoice, rejoice, take heart in the night,
G/B C Am7 D7
Though dark the winter and cheerless,
G Am7 G/B C D
The rising sun shall crown you with light,
G/B Am7 D C G
Be strong and loving and fear-less;
D D/F# G D Em
Love be our song and love our prayer,
Em/D Am/D D Em D7
And love, our endless sto - ry,
G C B7 Em
May God fill every day we share,
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and bring us at last into glo-ry.
