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