Chords for CBC 2008 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

I heard the bells on Christmas Day, their old familiar carols play.
Maybe you know the song, maybe you don't.
Maybe you know the song, but not the story.
Maybe you don't know about the missing verses.
Pinned in 1864, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The song flows out of his tragic life.
His wife died in a fire just three years earlier.
[E] He tried to save her, but couldn't.
And he was severely burned himself.
The following year, December 25th, 1862, his journal entry reads,
A Merry Christmas, the children say, but that is no more for me.
Perhaps someday [F#] God will give me peace.
1863, his son is severely injured in [E] battle.
His journal is silent. _
1864, the war was ending, and Lincoln was re [A]-elected.
On Christmas Day, the church bells tolled every five seconds to honor a fallen [E] soldier.
Some of the missing verses cast the reality of that day.
The cannon thundered in the south.
And with the sound, the carols drowned.
A peace on earth, goodwill to men.
And made forlorn, the households born.
A peace on earth, goodwill to men.
Longfellow regains the hope of God's sovereignty in the final verse.
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep.
God is not dead, nor does he sleep.
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail.
[F#] With peace on earth, goodwill to men.
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On [B] Christmas Day, their [A] old familiar _ [B] carols play.
And [G#m] wild and sweet the [C#m] words repeat.
[E] A peace on earth, [B] _ goodwill [E] to _ men. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And Lord, how well the
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_ [E] Listen down.
[G#] And hold along the [C#m] unbroken song.
[E] A peace on earth, [B] _ goodwill [E] to men.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] I'm _
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_ _ near, I'm _ [A] _ _
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_ _ near now.
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_ _ _ _ And in despair I bow [B] my head.
[A] There is no peace [E] on earth I said.
[G#m] For hate is strong [C#m] and God's the song.
[E] A peace on earth, [B] _ goodwill to [E] men. _
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_ _ _ _ Then pealed the bells [A] more loud _ and deep.
[E] God is not dead, nor [B] does he [E] sleep.
The wrong shall fail, [A] the right prevail.
[E] With peace on earth, _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
goodwill to _ _ _ [E] _ _
men.
I'm near, _ I'm near [A] now. _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ God [E] is _ [A] not dead, nor does he sleep.
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