Brandon Heath – The Night Before Christmas (Guitar)

C    G       D       Am7      C  G          D
Empty manger, perfect stranger, about to be born

    C         G       D         Am7      C    G        D
Into darkness, sadness, desperate madness, creation so torn

        C       G         D         Am7      C
We were so lost, on earth, no peace, no worth

   G        D
No way to escape

C       G        D         Am7       C       G
In fear, no faith, no hope, no grace, and no light

    D (let it ring)           C        G D Am7 C G D     
But that was the night before Christmas

C        G           D         Am7   
Warm hay, cold sweat, a mother, not yet

C       G            D
Praying godspeed the dawn

C           G        D       Am7     
She looks to her man, holding her hand

C    G          D
They wonder how long

       C          G        D       Am7        C    G        D
And the shepherds, wise men come to find them, and bow to a king

C       G     D       Am7      C   G         D (let it ring)
One star above shining on love, so bright it lit up the night before

C        G D 
Christmas

        C G          D Am7 C         G           D
And the world didn't know, mercy was meek and so mild

        C G          D Am7     C            G         D
And the world didn't know that truth was as pure as a child

                 C        G D Am7
The night before Christmas

                 C        G D
The night before Christmas

        C G          D Am7 C              G            D
And the world didn't know, redemption was sweet and so strong

        C G          D Am7   C          G         D
And the world didn't know salvation was writing a song

                 C        G D Am7
The night before Christmas

                 C        G D
The night before Christmas  

                 C        G D Am7 C G D
The night before Christmas

C    G       D       Am        C  G         D (let it ring)
Empty manger, perfect stranger, about to be born