G Am G/B Am G [Verse 1] Am G/B Am G In the night Was the dark, In the dark Was the dream Am G/B Am G In the dream Was the Child, And myself There unseen Am G/B Am G In the book was the word, In the word there was truth Am G/B Am G In the truth there was age, In the age there was youth Am G/B Am G And I said to the Child, Do your hands they still bleed Am G/B Am G After all of this time, Do you think there's still need Am G/B Am G But the Child only smiled, And said not a word Am G/B Am G And the snow it came down, As if it hadn't heard Am G F [Chorus 1] F And all that night the snow came down C To heal the scars our lives had found G/B Am Asus2/G Am And the years that lay broken F And there upon that bridge of dreams C Across the night we walked unseen G/B Am Asus2/G With no words ever spoken [Bridge] Am Asus2/G Am G Am G/B Am [Verse 2] G Am G/B Am G And then on through that night, We did walk for a while Am G/B Am G And our steps turned to blocks, And the blocks turned to miles Am G/B Am G Then we followed a path, For as far as we could Am G/B Am G Till we found ourselves there, In an evergreen wood Am G/B Am G There were thousands of candles, Upon every tree Am G/B Am G It was beautiful, But there was one mystery Am G/B Am G For with all of those candles, You must understand Am G/B Am G That the only one lit, Was now there in His hand Am G G [Chorus 2] F And there upon that Christmas scene C The candle wax of melted dreams G/B Am Asus2/G Am And the years they had taken F And there's that snow did gently fall C We one by one relit them all G/B Am Asus2/G Am Till each dream was awakened Asus2/G Am [Interlude] Dm/A (strum once) Dm (arpeggiated once) 2nd, 3rd, 2nd strings of Dm repeat x2 Am (original pattern) x6 (loud) D (once) D (once) G5 Am7 C D x2 [Verse 3] G5 Am7 C D And then there to that light, This young Child showed to me G5 Am7 C D All the things that he dreamt, All the things that might be G5 Am7 C D How for everything given, That something is gained G5 Am7 C D G5 Strike one match in the dark, And all the world's not the same Am7 C D G5 Am7 C D And then I asked that Child, Why this night has a star G5 Am7 C D And he said, "So we'd know, That we could see that far" G5 Am7 C D And these candles are wed, To that star's distant light G5 Am7 C D G5 And it all came to be, Upon that long winter's night Am7 C D G Am C That long winter's night D G Am That long winter's night G/B Am G Am G/B Am G [Verse 4] Am G/B Am G And when I awoke, well the Child he was gone Am G/B Am G But somewhere in my mind, I believe he lives on Am G/B Am G And somewhere in my life, Between here and the end Am G/B Bm7 G On a long winter's night, I will dream him a-gain