how suddenly a baby cries chords by Keith and Kristyn Getty

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  • Asus4

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Verse 1
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How suddenly a baby cries and
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all forever change
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As shepherds leave the angel
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song to find this holy place,
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Where in her young and trembling
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arms a virgin holds her Son
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And in this Child of breath divine our Light has
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finally come.
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Verse 2
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She ponders how the Magi kneel
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before Emmanuel.
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With gold and frankincense and myrrh
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Christ's sacrifice they tell.
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A dream would help them flee a king
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whose pride would cruelly destroy.
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As mothers weep God's mercy meets
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the hunger for His joy.
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Verse 3
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What wonder still that Anna filled with
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praise should bless the Lord;
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Her aging eyes now looking on
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the Savior of the world.
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For night and day her prayers had
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filled the temple of our God.
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Her heart could tell His saving hand within this gift of love.
Interlude 1
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Hear Simeon
Verse 4
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who had waited long
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draw near to hold the child
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To speak of Him who would reveal
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the many thoughts we hide:
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That hearts would rise to know His
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grace but many fall away;
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A sword would pierce His mother's soul
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upon redemption day.
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Verse 5
How suddenly a baby cried and
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all forever changed.
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Through history soul by soul have
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come to find His heal ing grace.
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He filled my troubled heart with peace,
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with hope of endless worth.
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My voice will join the song of praise that tells Messiah's birth.
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