While You Were Sleeping Chords by Casting Crowns

Tempo:
75.95 bpm
Chords used:

F

Dm

C

Bb

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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While You Were Sleeping - Casting Crowns chords
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[F] [C] [Dm] [Bb]
[F] [Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C] [Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C] [Dm] [Bb]
[F] A little [C] town of [Dm] Bethlehem [Bb] looks like another [F] silent night.
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [F] Above [C] your deep and [Dm] dreamless sleep, a [Bb] giant star lights [F] up the sky.
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [F] And [C] while you're lying [Dm] in the dark, [Bb] there shines an [F] everlasting light.
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [F] For [C] the king has [Dm] left his throne [Bb] and is sleeping [F] in a manger tonight.
[C] [Dm]
Tonight.
[Bb] [F] Oh [C] Bethlehem, would [Dm] you have missed while you [Bb] were sleeping?
[F] For God became a man [C] and [Dm] stepped into your [Bb] world today.
[F] Oh [C] Bethlehem, you [Dm] will go down in [Bb] history [F] as a city [C] with no room [Dm] for its king.
[Bb] While [F] you were sleeping.
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] While [F] you were sleeping.
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [F] A little [C] town of [Dm] Jerusalem [Bb] looks like another [F] silent night.
[C] The [Dm] [E] [Bb] [F] father [C] gave his only [Dm] son the way the [Bb] truth of life had [F] come.
But there was no [C] room for him [Dm] in the world he [Bb] came to save.
[F] [C] Jerusalem, would [Dm] you have missed while you [Bb] were sleeping?
[F] The savior of [C] the world is [Dm] dying on your [Bb] cross today.
[F] [C] Jerusalem, you will [Dm] go down in [Bb] history [F] as a city [C] with no room [Dm] for its king.
[Bb] While you [F] were sleeping.
[C]
[Dm] [Bb] While [F] you were sleeping.
[C]
[Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C] United States of [F] America [Bb] looks like another silent [F] night.
As [C] [Dm] [Bb] [F]
we're sung to sleep [C] by [Dm] philosophies that save the trees and [F] kill the children.
[C] [Dm] [Gm] [F]
And [C] while we're lying [Dm] in the dark, [Bb] there's a shout [F] across the eastern sky.
[C] [Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C] For the bridegroom has [Dm] returned [Bb] and has carried his [F] bride away in the night.
[Dm] In the [E] night.
[Bb] [F]
[C] America, what [Dm] will we miss while we [Bb] are sleeping?
[F] Will Jesus come again [C] and leave [Dm] us slumbering where [Bb] we lay?
[F]
[C] America, will we [Dm] go down in [Bb] history [F] as a nation with [C] no room [Dm] for its king?
[Bb] Will we [F] be sleeping?
[C] [Dm] [Bb] Will we [F] be sleeping?
[C] [Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C] United States of [Dm] America [Bb] looks like another [F] silent night.
[C] [Dm] [Bb]
Key:  
F
134211111
Dm
2311
C
3211
Bb
12341111
E
2311
F
134211111
Dm
2311
C
3211
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To learn Casting Crowns - ([Performance Track], Medium without background vocals) While You Were Sleeping chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: Dm, Bb, F, C, Dm, F and Dm. A strategic approach would be to train at 37 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 76. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of F Major.

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[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ A little [C] town of [Dm] Bethlehem [Bb] looks like another [F] silent night.
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] Above [C] your deep and [Dm] dreamless sleep, a [Bb] giant star lights [F] up the sky.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] And [C] while you're lying [Dm] in the dark, [Bb] there shines an [F] everlasting light.
[C] _ [Dm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] For [C] the king has [Dm] left his throne [Bb] and is sleeping [F] in a manger tonight.
[C] _ [Dm]
Tonight.
[Bb] _ _ [F] Oh [C] Bethlehem, would [Dm] you have missed while you [Bb] were sleeping?
[F] For God became a man [C] and [Dm] stepped into your [Bb] world today.
_ [F] Oh [C] Bethlehem, you [Dm] will go down in [Bb] history [F] as a city [C] with no room [Dm] for its king.
[Bb] While [F] you were sleeping.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Bb] While [F] you were sleeping.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ A little [C] town of [Dm] Jerusalem [Bb] looks like another [F] silent night.
[C] The _ [Dm] _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] father [C] gave his only [Dm] son the way the [Bb] truth of life had [F] come.
But there was no [C] room for him [Dm] in the world he [Bb] came to save.
[F] _ [C] Jerusalem, would [Dm] you have missed while you [Bb] were sleeping?
[F] The savior of [C] the world is [Dm] dying on your [Bb] cross today.
_ [F] _ [C] Jerusalem, you will [Dm] go down in [Bb] history [F] as a city [C] with no room [Dm] for its king.
[Bb] While you [F] were sleeping.
[C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] While [F] you were sleeping.
[C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] United States of [F] America [Bb] looks like another silent [F] night.
As [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F]
we're sung to sleep [C] by [Dm] philosophies that save the trees and [F] kill the children.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F]
And [C] while we're lying [Dm] in the dark, [Bb] there's a shout [F] across the eastern sky.
[C] _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
[C] For the bridegroom has [Dm] returned [Bb] and has carried his [F] bride away in the night.
[Dm] In the [E] night.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _
[C] America, what [Dm] will we miss while we [Bb] are sleeping?
[F] Will Jesus come again [C] and leave [Dm] us slumbering where [Bb] we lay?
_ [F] _
[C] America, will we [Dm] go down in [Bb] history [F] as a nation with [C] no room [Dm] for its king?
[Bb] Will we [F] be sleeping?
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] Will we [F] be sleeping?
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] United States of [Dm] America [Bb] looks like another [F] silent night.
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was written by Mark Hall.

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