Key: D minor
Intro 1
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F
C
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Verse 1
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A spaceman came
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traveling on his ship from afar
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'Twas light years of time since
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his mission did start
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Em
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And over a village, he halted his craft
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F
And it hung in the sky like a star,
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Am
G
just like a star
Verse 2
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He followed a light and came
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down to a shed
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Where a mother and child were
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lying there on a bed
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Em
A bright light of silver
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shone round his head
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An d he had the face of an
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angel and they were afraid
Verse 3
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And the stranger spoke,
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he said "Do not fear"
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I come from a planet a
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long way from here
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Em
And I bring a message for
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mankind to hear
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Suddenly the sweetest
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music filled the air
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And it went
Verse 4
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la- la- la-
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la- la- la- la- la- la- la
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La- la- la- la- la- la- la, la- la- la-
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la- la- la- la- la- la
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Peace and goodwill to all men
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And love for the child
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La- la- la- la- la- la- la,
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la- la- la- la- la- la- la- la- la
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La- la- la- la- la- la- la- la- la,
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oh
Verse 5
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C
This lovely music went trembling
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Am
through the ground
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G
And many were awakened
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G
on hearing that sound
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Em
An d travelers on the road
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C
The village they found by the light
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F
of that ship in the sky
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Am
Which shone all around
Verse 6
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C
And just before dawn at
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the paling of the sky
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G
The stranger returned and
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said "Now I must fly"
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Am
Em
When two thousand years of
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your time has gone by
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F
This song will begin once again
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Am
to a baby's cry
Verse 7
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G
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And it went la- la- la- la-
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la- la- la- la- la- la
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La- la- la- la- la- la- la,
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C
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la- la- la-
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la- la- la- la- la- la
Em
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Peace and goodwill to all men
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C
And love for the child
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Oh the
Verse 8
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whole world is waiting,
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waiting to hear the song
again (la- la- la- la- la- la- la- la)
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Am
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There are thousands standing on the
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edge of the world (la- la- la- la- la- la- la)
And a star is moving somewhere
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