Rebecca St. James - Hopes Song

      [Verse 1]
            C                     G
There's a story that started on Christmas
         C                   G
When a baby was born in the night
       F                     C
And those who came far, who followed this star
      Am        F       G     G
Were seeing a heavenly sight
             Bb F F C Bb F F G
a heavenly sight.
           C           Am          G           C
Well the years hurried by, and the boy, now a man
       Am              F           Bb
Could make the blind see with a touch of his hand
        Am          F            C
He was born to be King  he was Rabbi and Priest
         Am          F        G
But the best that he had, he gave to the least
                 Bb F F C
He gave to the least.

[Verse 2]
        F           Am            G      C
He was born and he died, almost 2,000 years ago
      F            Am        G             C
He laughed and he cried, he felt all the fears we know
     F             Am       G         A2
But what does it matter? A story so strange
      Bb             G
Even if it is true, what does it change?
                     Bb F Bb F
What does it change?
          C            Am           G             C
Well he spoke like a prophet  like no one they'd heard
       Am             F          Bb
This simple young carpenter  crowds hung on every word
     Am       F     C
He hated injustice  He taught what is right
    Am            F            G
He said "I'm the way, and the truth, and the light."

[Verse 3]
       F             Am          G        C
His friends soon believed that truly he was the one.
        F       Am      G           C
The Savior, Messiah, God's one and only son.
      F           Am            G        A2
But others, they doubted, they did not agree
         Dm
So they took him, they tried him,
    F         G
He died on a tree
              C
He died on a tree.

[Bridge]
 F              C
God has made a way
     G        Am
for all who mourn and grieve
  F         C    Am       G
Death will never be the end
F        G     C
if you just believe.

[Verse 4]
C
There is nothing left to fear
   Am     G      C
nothing Heaven knows
        F       G      Am      G
For he died for us to give us life
        F       G       C
and to give us hope He rose
     F      G      Am       G
He died for us to give us life
        F      G        C
And to give us hope He rose.