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RE RE/FA#
Oh, the snowflakes fell in silence
SIm LA RE
Over Belleau Wood that night
SOL RE
For a Christmas truce had been declared
LA
By both side of the fight
RE RE/FA#
As we lay there in our trenches
SOL
The silence broke in two
RE
By a German soldier singing
LA RE LA
A song that we all knew
RE RE/FA#
Though I did not know the language
SIm LA RE
The song was "Silent Night"
SOL RE
Then I heard my buddy whisper,
LA
"All is calm and all is bright"
RE RE/FA#
Then the fear and doubt surrounded me
SOL
'Cause I'd die if I was wrong
RE
But I stood up in my trench
LA RE
And I began to sing along
LA
Then across the frozen battlefield
SOL RE
Another's voice joined in
SOL RE/FA#
Until one by one each man became
MIm LA
A singer of the hymn
RE RE/FA#
Then I thought that I was dreaming
SIm LA RE
For right there in my sight
SOL RE
Stood the German soldier
LA
'Neath the falling flakes of white
RE RE/FA#
And he raised his hand and smiled at me
SOL
As if he seemed to say
RE
Here's hoping we both live
LA RE
To see us find a better way
LA
Then the devil's clock struck midnight
SOL RE
And the skies lit up again
SOL RE/FA#
And the battlefield where heaven stood
MIm LA
Was blown to hell again
RE RE/FA#
But for just one fleeting moment
SOL
The answer seemed so clear
RE
Heaven's not beyond the clouds
LA SIm LA
It's just beyond the fear
SOL RE
No, heaven's not beyond the clouds
LA RE
It's for us to find it here
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