While You Were Sleeping (Christmas Version) - Casting Crowns Chords

Tempo:
75.95 bpm
Chords used:

F

Bb

C

Dm

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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While You Were Sleeping (Christmas Version) - 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 your [C] deep and [Dm] dreamless sleep a [Bb] giant star lights [F] up the sky.
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [F] And while you're [C] 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] 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] 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 because [F] there was no [C] room for him.
[Dm] In the world he [Bb] came to say.
[F] Oh [C] Bethlehem, would [Dm] you have missed while you [Bb] were sleeping?
[F] For God [C] became a man and [Dm] stepped into your world [Bb] today.
[F] [C] Oh 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 silent [F] night.
As [C] [Dm] [Bb] [F] we're sung to sleep [C] by [Dm] philosophies that [Bb] save the trees and [F] kill the children.
[C] [Dm] [Bb] [F] And [C] while we're lying [Dm] in the dark, [Bb] there's a shout across [F] 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 come [C] again 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
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Bb
12341111
C
3211
Dm
2311
E
2311
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
C
3211
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To start learning Casting Crowns - ([Performance Track], [Demo], Original Christmas Version) While You Were Sleeping chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - Dm, Bb, F, C, Dm, F and Dm in sequence. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 37 BPM before aiming for the song's 76 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: 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 your [C] deep and [Dm] dreamless sleep a [Bb] giant star lights [F] up the sky.
_ [C] _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] And while you're [C] 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] 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] _ 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 because [F] there was no [C] room for him.
[Dm] In the world he [Bb] came to say.
[F] Oh [C] Bethlehem, would [Dm] you have missed while you [Bb] were sleeping?
[F] For God [C] became a man and [Dm] stepped into your world [Bb] today.
_ [F] _ [C] Oh 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 silent [F] night.
As [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] we're sung to sleep [C] by [Dm] philosophies that [Bb] save the trees and [F] kill the children.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] And [C] while we're lying [Dm] in the dark, [Bb] there's a shout across [F] 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 come [C] again 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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