{"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":1103474,"song":"Precious Promise","artist":"Steven Curtis Chapman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11245299-precious-promise-chords-by-steven-curtis-chapman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1103474?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"                                   Intro: [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D6[/ch]/[ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D6[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nS   Oh what a precious promise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nC   Oh what a gift of love[/tab]\r\n[tab]T      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n    An angel tells a virgin that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    She's gonna have a son[/tab]\r\n\r\n    And though it's a precious promise\r\nA   She wonders how can this be\r\n    What will the people say\r\n    And what if Joseph can't believe\r\n  \r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    And her questions and her fears[/tab]\r\n[tab]S       [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]Adim[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nE   Are met with an overwhelming joy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D6[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nT   That God has chosen her[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]CM7[/ch]\r\nB   Oh what a precious promise[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] (play intro)\r\n    Mary waits as heaven comes to earth[/tab]\r\n\r\n    Oh what a precious promise\r\nA   Oh what a gift of love\r\n    Joseph makes his choice to do\r\n    What few men would have done\r\n    \r\n    To take Mary as his bride\r\n    When she's already carrying a child\r\nB   That isn't his own\r\n    Oh what a precious promise\r\n    Mary and the child will have a home\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em7[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    And shepherds stand on a hillside[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Their hearts racing with the news the angel told them[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    A star's light fills up the dark sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    As the night of precious promise is unfolding[/tab]\r\n\r\n    Oh what a precious promise\r\n A  Oh what a gift of love\r\n    The waiting now is over and\r\n    The time has finally come\r\n\r\n    For the God who made this world\r\n    To roll back the curtain and unveil\r\n B  His passion for the heart of man\r\n    Oh what a precious promise\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n    Lying in a manger in Bethlehem[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]CM7[/ch]\r\n    Oh what a precious promise[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] (play intro) [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Lying in a manger in Bethlehem [/tab]","plain_text":"Intro: G D6/F# Em7 C\n\n\n\n\n\n    And though it's a precious promise\nA   She wonders how can this be\n    What will the people say\n    And what if Joseph can't believe\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n    Oh what a precious promise\nA   Oh what a gift of love\n    Joseph makes his choice to do\n    What few men would have done\n    \n    To take Mary as his bride\n    When she's already carrying a child\nB   That isn't his own\n    Oh what a precious promise\n    Mary and the child will have a home\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    Oh what a precious promise\n A  Oh what a gift of love\n    The waiting now is over and\n    The time has finally come\n\n    For the God who made this world\n    To roll back the curtain and unveil\n B  His passion for the heart of man\n    Oh what a precious promise","chords":["G","D6","F#","Em7","C","E","Bm","D","A","Am","Am7","Adim","CM7","B","G6","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}