By The Lights Of St Stephen - Hiss Golden Messenger Chords
Chords: A/C:, G, C/A, C, Em
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Genre: folk, rock, blues
Us the intro as a guide for the whole song's chords (tabbed below)
A/C: X02010
Cadd9/B: X20010
[Intro]
G C/A Cadd9/B C G
e|----3-----3---0-----0----0-----0---3-----|
B|----0-----0---1-----1----1-----1---0-----|
G|----0-----0---0-----0----0-----0---0-----|
D|----0-----0---2-----0----2-0^2-2---0-----|
A|------0^2---0---0^2----3-3-----------0^2-|
E|--3------------------------------3-------|
[Verse 1]
G Em C G
Joy and love and peace are here in this place
G C/A Cadd9/B C
By your leave I will sing of the season
G Em C G
Christmas is past, Twelvetide is upon is
G C/A Cadd9/B C
Winter was hard beyond reason
C G
By the lights of St. Stephen
[repeat intro]
G - C/A - Cadd9/B - C - G
[Verse 2]
G Em C G
The king was well-dressed in the silks of the best
G C/A Cadd9/B C
With his ribbons so gallantly streaming
G Em C G
And lo, thought he heard that lonesome little bird
G C/A Cadd9/B C
My god, Virginny's song is so pleasing
C G
By the lights of St. Stephen
[repeat intro]
G - C/A - Cadd9/B - C - G
[chorus]
Em C/A Cadd9/B C
Is it a shadow, you’re lost alone and only hide from your demons
Em C/A Cadd9/B C
But the shadow was dark so long and only a mattеr of see it [?]
C Cadd9/B C/A
A little light was all we needed
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