Verse 1
          C                           F2
What hope we hold this starlit night
     G2                 Csus4        C
a King is born in Bethle  -  hem
        C/E                    F2
Our journey long, we seek the light
        C/G                            G        C    F
that leads to the hallowed manger ground

Verse 2
           C                         F2
What fear we felt in the silent age
 G2                                        Csus4    C
four hundred years can he be found
        C/E            F            F2
But broken by a baby's cry
    C/G                         G        C        F
rejoice in the hallowed manger ground

Chorus
        C         G         C2/E     F    F2
Em - manu - el, Em - manu - el
C/E         F        C/G        G
God in - carnate here to dwell
         C        G          C2/E     F
Em - manu - el, Em - manu - el
C/E            F              C/G     C*
Praise His name Em - manu - el

*Am 2nd time

Verse 3
        C    
The son of God
            F                F2
Here, born to bleed
      G    
A crown of thorns 
            Csus4         C
Would pierce His brow
       C/E                    F     F2
And we beheld this offering
   C/G                F2/A
Exalted now, the King of kings
           Dm7        
Praise God 
                              G         C
For the hallowed manger ground

(REPEAT CHORUS)

C/E         F        F2     C/G    G    C
Praise His name Em - man  - u - el

F2/A    C    C/G    C    F2/A

C    F2/A    C/G    F2

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