Chords for Hope Of The Ages (Lyric Video / Live At Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, AL/2000)

_ Before there was time or space, or any [Ab] need [Db] or grace, there was a word echoing through the darkness [Ab] and _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab]
gloom.
[Gb] _ [Db] And what would be, this word reached [Ab] out to [Db]
me, promising _ [Bbm] peace, promising hope, [Ab] promising _ [Gb] _ joy.
[Db] _
From [Gb] the ages ago, _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _
word became Jesus, Mary's sweet [Eb]
son, Savior [Ab] divine.
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] Mother's [Gb] Messiah, coming for all, _ presents to [Ab] all, all men [Db] and women.
Hope of the ages, [Bbm] glory restored, _ Jesus is [Gb] joy.
_ [Db] _ _
_ The [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _
times were the [Db] worst of times, violence, [Ab] war, [Db] and crime, threatened the world, made men afraid, _ [Ab] made mothers [Eb] mourn.
_ [Ab] And [Gb] then one [Db] dark and lonely _ night, there came a _ [Ab] _ [Db] blinding light, splitting the sky, [Bbm] angels on high, [Ab] a [Db] child is [Gb] _ [Db] born. _
[Eb] From the _ [Gb] ages ago, _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
word became Jesus, Mary's [Eb] sweet son, Savior [Ab] divine.
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] Mother's [Gb] _ Messiah, _ _ _ _ [Db] coming for all, [Ab] all men _ [Db] _ _
and women.
Hope of the ages, [Bbm] glory _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] restored, _ _ _
[Ab] Jesus [Db] is joy.
[Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _