And The Darkness Shall Not Overcome It
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
1st traste
[Intro]
B B7 E
[Verse 1]
Em Am
Why do we light up the tree every year
D G B7
Here in the midst of great sadness and tears?
Em Am
And still we say “be of good cheer,”
B7 Em
For the darkness has not overcome it.
[Chorus]
Em Am
Light of the world, in Him was life
D D7 Em
That was the light of all mankind
E Dm
Light through the darkness, still it shines
B7 Em
And the darkness has not overcome it.
[Verse 2]
Em Am
Why do the candles burn ever so bright
D G B7
As the day’s shorter and longer the night?
E7 Am
In the bleak coldness, the candles remind
B7 Em
That the darkness has not overcome it.
[Chorus]
Am
Light of the world, in Him was life
That was the light of all mankind
E Dm Am Dm
Light through the darkness, still it shines
B7 Em
And the darkness has not overcome it.
[Verse 3]
Em Am
Why in this season the same stories tell?
D G B7
How, in the dark, can we sing “all is well”?
E Am
Always remembering He with us dwelled,
B7 Em
And the darkness has not overcome Him.
[Chorus]
Em Am
Light of the world, in Him was life
D D7 Em
That was the light of all mankind
E Dm
Light through the darkness, still it shines
B7 Em
And the darkness has not overcome it.
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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