While You Were Sleeping

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[Verse 1]
G D Em
Oh little town of Bethlehem
C G D Em C
Looks like another silent night
G D Em
Above your deep and dreamless sleep
C G D Em C
A giant star lights up the sky
G D Em
And while you're lying in the dark
C G D Em C
There shines an everlasting light
G D Em
For the King has left His throne
C G D Em C
And is sleeping in a manger tonight - tonight
[Chorus]
G D Em C
Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
G D Em C
For God became a man and stepped into your world today
G D Em C
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history
G D Em C
As a city with no room for its King
G D Em C G D Em C
While you were sleeping - While you were sleeping
[Verse 2]
G D Em
Mary shivers in the cold
C G D Em C
Trying to keep the Savior warm
G D Em C
Born among the animals, wrapped in dirty rags
G D Em C
Because there was no room for Him in the world He came to save.
[Chorus]
G D Em C
Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
G D Em C
For God became a man and stepped into your world today
G D Em C
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history
G D Em C
As a city with no room for its King
G D Em C G D Em C
While you were sleeping - While you were sleeping
[Verse 3]
G D Em
United States of America
C G D Em C
Looks like another silent night
G D Em
As we're sung to sleep by philosophies
C G D Em C
That save the trees and kill the children
G D Em
And while we're lying in the dark
C G D Em C
There's a shout heard 'cross the eastern sky
G D Em
For the Bridegroom has returned
C G D Em C
And has carried His bride away in the night - in the night
[Chorus]
G D Em C
America, what will we miss while we are sleeping
G D Em C
Will Jesus come again and leave us slumbering where we lay
G D Em C
America, will we go down in history
G D Em C
As a nation with no room for its King
G D Em C G D Em C
Will we be sleeping - Will we be sleeping
[Outro]
G D Em C G
United States of America - Looks like another silent night..

While You Were Sleeping chords and lyrics

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[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Outro]

While You Were Sleeping Chords by Casting Crowns

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