Transcribed from recording by Mark Chesnutt on Album "Christmas Cookies" (2001)
Capo 5 (key of C)

Verse 1:
G
Wise men in search of a child 
                      F                    C
Follow the light of a star 'til it came to rest   
               G
Over that holy place    
                      D
Where they saw in his face
    D            G
The light of the world 

Verse 2:
G 
There in a manger they found   
                         F                        C
A gift from a- bove to a world___ in darkness and doubt  
                 G
That child was a king 
          D
Sent down to__ bring   
    D            G
The light of the world

Chorus:
G         C
So let it shine (let it shine) 
             G
Shine in our hearts (in our hearts)
             C
Lighting our way (light the way)
           D
Out of the dark (of the dark)
              C
Bright as the star (as the star)
             G
Sent from a- bove (from a- bove)
             C
Lord let us shine (let us shine)
                D
Shine with your love (with your love) 
                 G                   F       
The light of the world (light of the world) // [echo (and F chord change) last time only]

Verse 3:
G
Though it was so long a- go
                              F                   C
The light of his love born in Bethlehem that holy night
                 G
Is still ours to see   
              D
In you and in me 
    D            G
The light of the world

(Chorus)
F            G                   F 
Light of the world (light of the world)
F            G
Light of the world