The Star of Bethlehem chords by Stephen Adams

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Em 
It was the eve of Christmas,
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Thus the snow lay deep and white,
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I sat beside my win dow
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and looked into the night.
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I heard the church bells ringing,
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I saw      the bright star shine,
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And childhood came again to me
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with all its dreams divine.
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Then, as I listened to the bells
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and watched the skies afar,
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Out of the east majestical
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there rose one radiant star,
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And every other star grew pale
A 
before that heavenly glow.
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It seemed to bid me follow,
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And I could not choose but go.
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From street to street it led me,
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By many a mansion fair,
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It shone through dingy casement,
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On many a garret bear.
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From highway unto highway,
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Through al leys dark and cold,
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And where    it shone,
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the darkness was flooded all with gold.
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Sad hearts forgot their sorrow,
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rough hearts grew soft and mild,
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And weary little children
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turned in their sleep and smiled,
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While many a homeless wanderer
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Uplifted patient eyes,
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Seeming to see a home at last
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Beyond those starry skies.
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Seeming to see a home at last
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beyond those starry
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skies.
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And then, methought, earth faded,
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I rose as borne on wings,
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Beyond the waste of ruined lives,
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the press of human things,
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Above the toil and shadow,
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above the want and woe,
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My old      self and its darkness
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seemed left on earth below,
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And onward, upward shone the star
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un til it seemed to me
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Em 
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It flashed upon the golden gate
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and o  'er the crystal sea
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And  then the gates rolled backward,
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I stood where angels trod.
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It was the star,
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the star of Bethlehem,
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Had led me up to God.
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The star, the star
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had led me up to God.
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