Year Of Sunday
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Intro: G C G Em C G Em D G C G Em C
G C G Em
We all live in the Year of Sunday
C G Em D
So many things are in store for us
G C G Em
Oh, what a gift to be born in Sunday's
C
Beautiful light way down here in the dusk
G C G Em
People, return to the tree of oneness
C G Em D
Oh, won't you hurry the presence is there
G C G Em
Down on our knees in the darkness of Sunday
C
We'll find the answer to all of our prayers
INTERLUDE: Em D Am Em D Am Em D Am
Bridge:
Am7 D Am
And then everyday will be Sunday
D
For you and me
Bm C
How I pray, yeah
Em C
I pray
INTERLUDE: D G D A D G Am F C D F C D
G A
God made a pact with Abraham
D G A
Never leave man alone
D G A
Abraham gathered his family
F C D F C D
Brought his people home
G A
Then came Moses, gave the world a push
D G A
Climbed upon a mountain high
D G A
He got the Ten Commandments from a burning bush
F C D F C D
And put together his first tribe
INTERLUDE: G A D G A D G A F C D F C D
G A
Then came Jesus to Jerusalem
D G A
Riding on his shoulder a dove
D G A
The dove upon his shoulder said, he was the One
F C D F C D
The One to teach us how to love
G
Mohammed stayed out in the desert sun
D G
Stayed out there just as long as he could
D G
The maker gave him water from the river of life
D
And then he gave us nationhood
Bm Em
And then time passed, soon the dark clouds
Bm Em
Came and covered up Mohammed's sun
Bm Em
But the young Báb, down in Persia land
Bm Em
Came to tell us of the promised one
Bm
"Lo, the nightingale of paradise
Singeth upon the twig of the Tree of Eternity
With holy and sweet melodies
Proclaiming to the sincere ones
The glad tidings of the nearness of god"
Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'u'lláh
INTERLUDE: G C G Em C G Em D G C G Em C
G C G Em
We all live in the Year of Sunday
C G Em D
So many things are in store for us
G C G Em
Oh, what a gift to be born in Sunday's
C
Beautiful light way down here in the dusk
G C G Em
We all live in the Year of Sunday
C G Em D
So many things are in store for us
G C G Em
Oh, what a gift to be born in Sunday's
C
Beautiful light way down here in the dusk
How to play Year Of Sunday
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is G. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.