Misc Praise Songs – People Look East (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
C              G         F       C
Peo-ple, look East. The time is near.

Am     Em        D       G
Of the crown-ing of the year.

G7              C       G7
Make your house fair as you are able,

C        F          C       F
Trim the hearth and set the ta-ble.

G            C        G7       C
People, look East and sing to-day:

G7         F        G7      C
Love, the Guest, is on the way.
[Verse 2]
C            G            F        C
Fur-rows, be glad. Though earth is bare,

Am       Em      D         G
One more seed is plant-ed there:

G7           C            G7
Give up your strength the seed to nour-ish,

C        F          C         F
That in course the flower may flour-ish.

G            C        G7      C
People, look East and sing today:

G7         F       G7      C
Love, the Rose, is on the way.
[Verse 3]
C                 G         F         C
Birds, though you long have ceased to build,

Am        Em        D       G
Guard the nest that must be filled.

G7        C         G7
E-ven the hour when wings are fro-zen

C      F         C         F
He for fledg-ing time has chosen.

G            C        G7      C
People, look East and sing today:

G7        F        G7      C
Love, the Bird, is on the way.
[Verse 4]
C               G            F       C
Stars, keep the watch. When night is dim

Am       Em        D          G
One more light the bowl shall brim,

G7         C        G7
Shining be-yond the frost-y weather,

C         F       C       F
Bright as sun and moon to-geth-er.

G            C        G7      C
People, look East and sing today:

G7        F        G7      C
Love, the Star, is on the way.
[Verse 5]
C            G          F         C
An-gels, an-nounce with shouts of mirth

Am         Em         D       G
Christ who brings new life to earth.

G7        C        G7
Set every peak and val-ley humming

C        F         C       F
With the word, the Lord is com-ing.

G            C        G7      C
People, look East and sing today:

G7         F       G7      C
Love, the Lord, is on the way.