Song of John (Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ) Chords

[E] _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ Softly as the night, _ [A] kindles _ candlelight,
[E] Gently [Bm] as the _ [G#]
[C#m] twilight, heralds _ eventide,
[E] Jesus comes to me, [A] calms me _ [D#] tenderly,
[E] _ Thispraying all my weariness [A] away. _ _ _ _
[F#m] Once upon a [B] Thursday [E] _ _ _ night,
[A] The supper did [B] renew [G#m] my [E] _ _ life, _
[F#m] Once upon [G#] a garden [B] [C#m] fair cried,
_ [B] _
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ My solitude [A#] [F#m] is _ nigh [A] now.
[B] _ _ Softly as the [E] [A] night, _ kindles _ candlelight,
[E] _ Gently as the _ [A] twilight, heralds _ eventide,
[E] Jesus [B]
comes to [C#m] me, [F#m] never fearful [E] shall I _ _
[F#] _ [C#m] be.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] Once upon [B] a Thursday [G#m] _ _ [E] _
night,
[A] The supper did [B] renew [E] my _ _ _ life,
[F#m] Once [F#] upon a [G#] garden fair [E]
cried,
_ [A] My _ [E]
[F#m] solitude _ is _ [A#] nigh [F] now.
Whose but Saviour's night,
[A#] But [A#m] God's delight,
[G] _ [F] But He whose night [A#] His friends have left [F] behind,
[Gm] Can fill my [D] emptiness,
_ [C] [Am] And promise [D] me a _ _ _ sunrise.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ Jesus, Lord of _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ Light,
[A#] Candle of the _ _ [F] _ _ _
night,
[Gm] Sweet solitary life.
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