Intro
G5 F2 G/D Am7 G C2/E F2 C/E Dm F5 Csus C
[Verse 1]
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We dim the light We stoke the fire
C2 D Am E7/G#
We breathe the evergreen Young ones wait
C/G F#m7 C/G Am7 Dm7
While the old ones make up Tales of how it used to be
C2 F2/C C
China dolls Candy corn
C2 D
Painted wooden toys
Am E7/G# C/G F#m7
Treasures found To the wondrous sound
C/G Am7 Dm7 Dm7/G C5
Of caroling the Savior Born to us on Christmas morn.
[Chorus]
G C F2 G Am7
Emmanuel, God with us Emmanuel
G C F2 C/E Dm7 F Csus C
Emmanuel, God with us The son of Israel
[Verse 2]
C2 F2/C C
And still he calls Through the night
C2 D
Beyond the days of old
Am E7/G# C/G F#m7
G voice of peace To the weary ones
C/G Am7 Dm7
Who struggle with the human soul
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All of us Travelers Through a given time
Am E7/G# C/G F#m7
Who can know What tomorrow holds?
C/G Am7 Dm7 Dm7/G C5
But over the horizon Surely you and I will find
[Bridge]
C Esus E Am Am
And the years they come And the years they go
Esus E Am Am
Though we may forget somehow
Dm7 Gsus G C2 C
That the child once born in Bethlehem
Esus/B Esus E
Is still among us now