Intro: G5 D5 E5 C5
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S   Oh what a precious promise
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C   Oh what a gift of love
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    An angel tells a virgin that
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    She's gonna have a son

    And though it's a precious promise
A   She wonders how can this be
    What will the people say
    And what if Joseph can't believe
  
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    And her questions and her fears
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E   Are met with an overwhelming joy
C5        D5 F#5          E5
T   That God has chosen her
    C5
B   Oh what a precious promise
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    Mary waits as heaven comes to earth

    Oh what a precious promise
A   Oh what a gift of love
    Joseph makes his choice to do
    What few men would have done
    
    To take Mary as his bride
    When she's already carrying a child
B   That isn't his own
    Oh what a precious promise
    Mary and the child will have a home

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    And shepherds stand on a hillside
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    Their hearts racing with the news the angel told them
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    A star's light fills up the dark sky
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    As the night of precious promise is unfolding

    Oh what a precious promise
 A  Oh what a gift of love
    The waiting now is over and
    The time has finally come

    For the God who made this world
    To roll back the curtain and unveil
 B  His passion for the heart of man
    Oh what a precious promise
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    Lying in a manger in Bethlehem

    C5
    Oh what a precious promise
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    Lying in a manger in Bethlehem