While You Were Sleeping

Oh little (Csus)town of Bethlehem, looks like (Bb)another silent night.

(F)Above your (Csus)deep and (C)dreamless (Dm)sleep,

a giant (Bb)star lights up the (C)sky.

(F)And while you're lying (C)in the (Dm)dark,

there (Bb)shines an (C)everlasting light,

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

and is (Bb)sleeping in a (F)manger tonight,

(C)(Dm)tonight. (Bb)(F)Oh (Csus)Bethlehem, what you have (Dm)missed while you were (Bb)sleeping,

for (F)God became a man (Csus)and (C)stepped (Bb)into your world (F)today.

Oh (Csus)Bethlehem, you (C)will go (Dm)down in (Bb)history as a (F)city with no (Csus)room (C)for its (Dm)King.

(Bb)While you were (F)sleeping.

(Bb)While you were (F)sleeping.

(F)Oh little (Csus)town of (C)(Dm)Jerusalem, looks like (Bb)another silent night.

The (F)Father gave His (Csus)only (C)Son;

the (Dm)Way, the Truth, the (Bb)Life had come.

But there (F)was no room for (Csus)Him (C)in the (Bb)world He came to save.

(C)as we're sung to sleep by (Dm)philosophies that save the (Bb)trees and kill the (C)children.

(C)And while we're lying in the (Dm)dark,

there's a (Bb)shout heard 'cross the (C)eastern sky,

(C)for the Bridegroom has (Dm)returned and has (Bb)carried His bride (C)away in the night,

in the (Bb)night.

(F)(Csus)America, what will we (Dm)miss while we are (Bb)sleeping?

Will (F)Jesus come (Csus)again and (C)leave us (Bb)slumb'ring where we lay?

(F)(Csus)America, will (C)we go (Dm)down in (Bb)history as a (F)nation with no (Csus)room (C)for its (Dm)King?

(Bb)Will we be (F)(Csus)sleeping?

(Bb)Will we be (F)(Csus)sleeping?

(F)United (Csus)States of (C)(Dm)America, looks like (Bb)another silent (C)night.