Oh lit tle (Csus)town of Beth le hem,

looks like an (Bb)oth er si lent night.

A bove your (Csus)deep and (C)dream less (Dm)sleep, a gi ant (Bb)star lights up the (C)sky.

And while you’re ly ing (C)in the (Dm)dark,

there (Bb)shines an ev er (C)last ing light,

for the King has (C)left His (Dm)throne,

and is (Bb)sleep ing in a (F)man ger to night,

to (Dm)night.

Oh Beth le (Csus)hem, what you have (Dm)missed while you were (Bb)sleep ing, for (F)God be came a man and (C)stepped in (Bb)to your world to day.

Oh Beth le (Csus)hem, you (C)will go (Dm)down in his to (Bb)ry

as a (F)cit y with no (Csus)room (C)for its (Dm)King.

While you were (F)sleep ing.

While you were (F)sleep ing.

Oh lit tle (Csus)town of Je (C)ru sa (Dm)lem, looks like an (Bb)oth er si lent night.

The (F)Fa ther gave His (Csus)on ly (C)Son; the (Dm)Way, the Truth, the (Bb)Life had come.

But there (F)was no room for (Csus)Him

in the (Bb)world He came to save.

as we’re sung to sleep by phi los o (Dm)phies that save the (Bb)trees and kill the (C)chil dren.

And while we’re ly ing in the (Dm)dark,

there’s a (Bb)shout heard ’cross the (C)east ern sky,

for the Bride groom has re (Dm)turned

and has (Bb)car ried His bride a (C)way in the night,

in the (Bb)night.

A mer i (Csus)ca, what will we (Dm)miss while we are (Bb)sleep ing?

Will (F)Je sus come a gain and (C)leave us (Bb)slum b’ring where we lay?

A mer i (Csus)ca, will (C)we go (Dm)down in his to (Bb)ry

as a (F)na tion with no (Csus)room (C)for its (Dm)King?

Will we be (F)sleep ing?

Will we be (F)sleep ing?

U nit ed (Csus)States of A (C)mer i (Dm)ca, looks like an (Bb)oth er si lent (C)night.