400 Years

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[Verse 1]
Em                     G
Stars lingered over us shepherds, we
 commoners
Am                     Em D
Watching our flocks by night
Em                    G
Then in the sky above glory of 
heaven shone
Am       B7           Em
Angel appeared in the light

[Chorus 1]
C                   G
And in four hundred years
B7               Em    G
Not one word was spo - ken
C                     G
And the prophets were silent
B7                Em     G
Leaving us in the dark - ness
C                      G
But then what should appear
                  Am          
Do we hear a new sound in this 
        Em
silent night?
D        C
For the first time
      B         Em
Not a si - lent night

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
Em                     G
Come let us go and see a long 
expected king
Am                       Em  D
Hurry, new paths we had made
Em                            G
"What is this?" wondered we. "God in
 humanity?
Am       B7         Em
Were we expecting a babe?"

[Chorus 2]
C                   G
And in four hundred years
B7               Em   G
What a sight for sore eyes
C                         G
Of the light through our tears
B7                       Em     G
Hearts were pierced by a babe's cry
C                  G
And we fell to our knees
                  Am            
At the sound of a king, this our 
        Em
hearts reply
D       C
For the first time
      B         Em
Not a si - lent night

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
Em                        G
Now, we still waited long to sing 
our final song
Am                          
And this whole earth joins in 
  Em   D
groaning
Em                       G
Someday soon we will see the glory 
of our king
Am         B7        Em
Take us to our final home

[Chorus 3]
C                     G
And the trumpets will sound
B7            Em   G
With all evil defeated
C                     G
We will rise from the ground
B7                  Em  G
With this story completed
C                  G
All will fall to their knees
                  Am            
At the sight of a king, this our 
        Em
hearts reply
D       C
For all time
      B7        Em
Not a si - lent night