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Topic: Close Your Eyes This Christmas

Well, tomorrow is December and Christmas is rapidly approaching.
Seems that so many are so busy planning parties, buying presents, traveling or whatever.... that the true  reason for the season is lost.

I wrote this to remind us.


Close Your Eyes This Christmas By Jim Kenyon





Verse 1


[A] Close your eyes and [A] send your mind afar,


[A] back to the manger under [E] Bethlehem’s star,


[E] Feel the night grow still as the [E] angels fill the air,


[E] as Shepherds wait to see the [A] Savior lying there,


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Chorus


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[D]Oh the heavens rang when the King came that night


[A]Heaven’s love descended ‘neath that guiding light,


[D]The hope of the world in a child so small and mild,


[E]There’s love and mercy [D]found in Mary’s sweet [A]child


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Verse 2


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[A] Close your eyes and f[A]ill your world with peace,


[A]And feel Him bring joy [E]in the life you lead,


[E]Through every weary trial, [E]His grace lights the way,



The child who came to save[A] is here to stay.


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Chorus


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[D]Oh the heavens rang when the King came that night


[A]Heaven’s love descended ‘neath that guiding light,


[D]The hope of the worldin a child so small and mild,


[E]There’s love and mercy [D]found in Mary’s sweet [A]child


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Outgo   




[D]Close your eyes, and feel the Christ child every day.


[A]Hear his voice at night when you pray


[D]So this Christmas, just close your eyes, and say


[E]I know that His love is [D]here to [A]stay,


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[E]I know that His love is [D]here to [A]stay,


[E]I know that His love is [D]here to [A]stay,



The price of anything, is the amount of life you exchange for it.   - H.D. Thoreau
Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.
"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke

Re: Close Your Eyes This Christmas

I hope you will record it for the December FSOTM: https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=40540

Cheers

Richard     

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