On a night
(Bm7)of (A)prom
(F#m)ise (Bm7)long
(E7)a (A)go
when a (A)star
(Bm)an (A)nounced
(F#m7)the (Bm)light
(A)of (Esus)hope
(E7)to a (A)world
(Bm7)that (A)knew
(F#m)no (Bm)peace
(E7)be (A)fore,
(D)the (A)ho
(E7sus)ly (C#m)Child
(F#m)of (Bm)peace
(Esus)was
(A)born.
(A)But He (F#m)stirred
their (C#m)long
ings (D)deep
with (A)in,
for His (D)king
dom (A)knew
no (Bm)end.
From a (A)place
(E7sus)e (A)ter
nal, (D)high
(C#)a (F#m)bove,
the (A)won
drous (F#m7)Child
of (D)peace
(Esus)had
(A)come.
(D)Child
(A)of
(D)com
(A)fort,
(D)Child
(E)of
(A)light,
(F#m)hope
that
(E)drives
a (E)way
the
(A)night,
(D)touch
(A)our
(D)lives
(A)from
(C#)heav
en a (F#m)bove.
(Bm)O Child
(A)of
(D)peace,
we (Esus)need
(E)Your
(A)love.
(A)In a (F#m)world
where (C#m)peace
e (D)ludes
us (A)still,
where the (D)heart
ex (A)erts
its (Bm)will,
at a (A)time
(E7sus)when (A)words
are (D)not
(C#)e (F#m)nough,
(D)O (A)Child
of (F#m)peace,
we (D)need
(Esus)Your
(A)love.
(D)O (A)Man
of (F#m)peace,
we (Bm7)need
(CN.C.)Your love.
(A)God
who (Bm)on
(E)ly knows
(Bm)our (A)need,
(A)come
to (D)us,
O (Esus)Child
(E)of
peace.
This page shows โChild Of Peaceโ by Sandi Patty in our color-coded kid songbook view โ every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 84 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement โ try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.