O Holy Night

Traditional, by Adophe Adam
Meter: 6/8

                O Holy Night
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C      |          F                  C   |
O holy night, the stars are brightly shin-ing

          C            G              C      |
It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth  

C            |        F             C     |
Long lay the world in sin and error pin - ing

           Em             B7            Em      |
'Til He ap-peared and the soul felt its worth


  G         |        C              |
A thrill of hope the weary world re-joices

    G      |         C                |
For yonder breaks, a new and glorious morn

Am      |         Em      |    Dm     |          Am       |
Fall      on your knees,    oh hear    the angel voices

  C     G       C    F   C       G                   C       |  
O night_____ di-vine   O night_____  when Christ was born

  G       |   C  F     C      G         C      |
O night,    O ho____ly night, O night divine


Verse 2

C          |        F              C    |
Led by the light of faith serenely beam-ing

             C             G         C      |
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand

C         |          F            C     |
So led by light of a star sweetly gleam-ing

              Em            B7     Em      |
Here came the wise men from Orient land


    G       |          C             |
The King of Kings, lay thus in lowly manger

   G       |      C              |
In all our trials born to be our friend

Am    |           Em    |      Dm    |              Am    |
He      knows our need,    our weak___ - ness is no stran-ger

   C     G        C    F   C     G           C       |  
Be-hold_____ your king   Before    Him lowly bend

   G       |      C F    C     G           C      |
Be-hold_____ your king before    Him lowly bend

Verse 3

C        |            F          C      |
Truly He taught us to love one a-nother

           C             G         C      |
His law is love, and His gospel is peace

C               |             F            C   |
Chains shall He break for the slave is our bro-ther

           Em          B7             Em      |
And in His name all op-pression shall cease

G              |      C               |
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we

    G        |     C               |
Let all with-in us praise His holy name

Am     |        Em      |    Dm      |              Am    |
Christ   is the Lord,      O praise___ His name for-ever

C     G       C    F   C       G                   C       |  
O night_____ di-vine   O night_____  when Christ was born
  G       |    C   F    C      G          C      |
O night_____ O ho____ly night, O night di-vine


Alternate last three lines

Am     |        Em      |      Dm      |    Am     |
Christ   is the Lord,      His name forever praise ye,

His power and glory ever more proclaim

His power and glory ever more proclaim


Chorus with more lines


Am      |         Em      |  
Fall      on your knees

Dm     |          Am       |
Oh hear    the angel voices

C     G       C      F
O night_____ di-vine

C     G      |              C       |
O night_____  when Christ was born

G       |    C   F    C      G         C      |
O night_____ O ho____ly night, O night di-vine

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