{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1009044,"song":"While You Were Sleeping","artist":"Casting Crowns","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1009044-while-you-were-sleeping-chords-by-casting-crowns/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1009044?type=chord","rating":4.84829,"votes":37,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Oh little town of Bethlehem[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLooks like another silent night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAbove your deep and dreamless sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA giant star lights up the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd while you're lying in the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere shines an everlasting light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor the King has left His throne[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd is sleeping in a manger tonight - tonight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor God became a man and stepped into your world today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh Bethlehem, you will go down in history[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs a city with no room for its King[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile you were sleeping    -    While you were sleeping[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Mary shivers in the cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTrying to keep the Savior warm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBorn among the animals, wrapped in dirty rags[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause there was no room for Him in the world He came to save.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor God became a man and stepped into your world today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh Bethlehem, you will go down in history[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs a city with no room for its King[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile you were sleeping    -    While you were sleeping[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n United States of America[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLooks like another silent night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n As we're sung to sleep by philosophies[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat save the trees and kill the children[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n And while we're lying in the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a shout heard 'cross the eastern sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n For the Bridegroom has returned[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd has carried His bride away in the night - in the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n America, what will we miss while we are sleeping[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWill Jesus come again and leave us slumbering where we lay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n America, will we go down in history[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs a nation with no room for its King[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWill we be sleeping    -     Will we be sleeping[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n United States of America - Looks like another silent night..[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","D","Em","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}