Let There Be Light

(F5)Star of wonder, star of night,

star with royal beauty bright;

(Dm)westward (C)leading, (Bb)still (C)proceeding, (F)guide us to thy (Bb)(Gm)perfect (C)light.

(C)From the beginning, the Father had a magnificent (Fsus2)plan,

(C)revealed through the Law and the prophets to fulfill the redemption of man.

(G)He (Am)spoke after cent'ries of (E)silence,

in the (C)midst of a still,

starry night.

And (Fsus2)Emmanuel came down among us,

and the (Dm7)Father said, "Let there be (C)light!"

Let there be (G)light, let it shine (C)bright,

piercing the darkness with (Am7)dazzling (G)white.

Hope for the hopeless was born on that (Am7)night,

when (Dm7)God sent his Son (Gsus)and said,

"Let there be (C)light!"

(F6/9)Let there be light!

(Dm)Oh, yeah, yeah.

(C)People who walked in great darkness

gathered from near and cent (Fsus2)far,

re (C)shepherds with flocks in their keeping,

to ful three kings who followed a star.

(G)(Am)Together, the poor and the (E)richest in the (C)witnessed that Bethlehem night,

and the (Fsus2)sky full of angels announcing and the (Dm7)birth of the glorious (C)Light.

Let there be (G)light, let it shine (C)bright,

piercing the darkness with (Am7)dazzling (G)white.

Hope for the hopeless was born on that (Am7)night,

when (Dm7)God sent his Son (Gsus)and said,

"Let there be (C)light!"

(F6/9)Let there be light!

(Dm)Oh, yeah, yeah.

(C)light!" (F)We who are His have this (G)calling:

to (F)praise (C)Him, and (F)make His name (C)known,

so (Bb)one day the presence of (F)Jesus shines in (Dm7)ev'ry (C)heart and (G)ev'ry (A)home,

(G)shines in our (A7sus)home.

(Bbmaj7)Star (C)of (Bbmaj7)(C)wonder, (Gm)star (C)of (Gm)beauty bright.

(C)Let (G)there (Am7)be (G)light, let it shine (C)bright,

piercing the darkness with (Am7)dazzling (G)white.

Hope for the hopeless was born on that (Am7)night,

when (Dm7)God sent his Son (Gsus)and said,

"Let there be (G)light, let it shine (C)bright,