While You Were Sleeping Chords by Casting Crowns

Tempo:
75.95 bpm
Chords used:

F

Bb

C

Dm

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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4. While You Were Sleeping - Casting Crowns chords
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[F] [C] [Dm] [Bb] .
[C] [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 your [C] 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] [C] For the king has [Dm] left his throne [Bb] and is sleeping [F] in a manger [C] tonight.
[Dm] Tonight.
[Bb] [F] Oh [C] Bethlehem, would [Dm] you have missed while you [Bb] were sleeping?.
[F] Or God became a [C] man 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] Mary [C] shivers [Dm] in the cold, [Bb] trying to keep the [F] Savior warm.
[C] .
[Dm] [E] [Bb] [F] Born [C] among the [Dm] animals, wrapped in [Bb] dirty rags.
[F] Because there was no [C] room for him [Dm] in the world he [Bb] came to save.
[F] Oh [C] Bethlehem, would [Dm] you have missed while you [Bb] were sleeping?.
[F] Or God [C] became a man 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] .
[C] United States of [F] America [Bb] looks like another [F] silent night.
.
[C] [Dm] [Bb] [F] As we're [C] sung to sleep by [Dm] philosophies that [Bb] save the trees and [F] kill the children.
[C] And [Dm] [Bb] [F] .
[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 [F] returned [Bb] and has carried his [F] bride away in the night.
[Dm] In the night.
[Bb] [F] .
[C] America, what [Dm] will we miss while we [Bb] are sleeping?.
[F] Will Jesus [C] come again and [Dm] leave us slumbering where [Bb] we lay?.
[F] .
[C] America, will we [Dm] go down in [Bb] history.
[F] As a nation [C] with no room [Dm] for its king?.
[Bb] Or will we [F] be sleeping?.
[C] [Dm] [Bb] Will we [F] be sleeping?.
[Dm] United [Bb] .
[F] [C] States of [Dm] America [Bb] looks like another [F] silent night.
[C] [Dm] [Bb]
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F
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Bb
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C
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Dm
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E
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F
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Bb
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C
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To learn Casting Crowns - ([Performance Track], Medium without background vocals) While You Were Sleeping chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: F, C, Dm, Bb, F and Dm. Start with a comfortable 37 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 76. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: F Major.

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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ .
_ _ [C] _ [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 your [C] 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] _ [C] For the king has [Dm] left his throne [Bb] and is sleeping [F] in a manger [C] tonight.
_ [Dm] Tonight.
_ [Bb] _ [F] Oh [C] Bethlehem, would [Dm] you have missed while you [Bb] were sleeping?.
[F] Or God became a [C] man 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] _ Mary [C] shivers [Dm] in the cold, [Bb] trying to keep the [F] Savior warm.
[C] _ _ .
[Dm] _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] Born [C] among the [Dm] animals, wrapped in [Bb] dirty rags.
[F] Because there was no [C] room for him [Dm] in the world he [Bb] came to save.
[F] Oh [C] Bethlehem, would [Dm] you have missed while you [Bb] were sleeping?.
[F] Or God [C] became a man 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] _ .
[C] United States of [F] America [Bb] looks like another [F] silent night.
_ .
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] As we're [C] sung to sleep by [Dm] philosophies that [Bb] save the trees and [F] kill the children.
[C] And [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ .
[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 [F] returned [Bb] and has carried his [F] bride away in the night.
[Dm] In the night.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ .
[C] America, what [Dm] will we miss while we [Bb] are sleeping?.
[F] Will Jesus [C] come again and [Dm] leave us slumbering where [Bb] we lay?.
_ [F] _ .
[C] America, will we [Dm] go down in [Bb] history.
[F] As a nation [C] with no room [Dm] for its king?.
[Bb] Or will we [F] be sleeping?.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] Will we [F] be sleeping?.
_ [Dm] United _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ .
[F] _ _ [C] States of [Dm] America [Bb] looks like another [F] silent night.
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

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This song was penned by Mark Hall.

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