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                Silent Night
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Written by: Franz Xaver Gruber/Joseph Mohr
English lyrics: John Freeman Young

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Here’s a jazzy arrangement that I like to play. Enjoy!

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CHORDS / SPECIAL VOICINGS

          E-A-
Amaj7     x-0-
Bm9       x-2-
A9sus4    x-0-

D-G-B-e
2-1-2-0
0-2-2-2
5-4-3-x
F#dim     x-x-
Dmaj7     x-x-

4-5-4-5
0-2-2-2
Dmaj7/C#  x-4-
Fdim      1-x-
          x-x-
B9        x-2-
E7#9      0-2-
Amaj13    5-x-

x-2-2-2
0-1-x-x or
3-4-3-4
1-2-2(2)
3-1-0-x
6-6-7(7)

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[Verse 1]

      
Silent night! 

#  
Holy night!
         
All's asleep, 

        
one sole light

 
,
    
Just the faith

        
ful and holy  


pair,
 
Love--ly      

           
 boy-child wit

  
h curly hair
         
Sleep in heave

    
nly    pea--ce

!
       
Sleep in  heav

         
enly   peace!


[Verse 2]

      
Silent night! 

#  
Holy night!
         
God's Son laug

         
hs, o how brig

 
ht.
         
Love from your

   
 holy   lips s

      
hines clear,
 
As    the     

         
 dawn of salva


tion draws nea

r,
         
Jesus, Lord, w

      
ith your bi---


rth!
       
Je-esus, Lord,

         
 with your bir

    
th!


[Verse 3]

      
Silent night! 

#  
Holy night!
         
Brought the wo

           
rld peace toni

 
ght,
    
From the heave

     
ns' golden hei

ght
 
Shows the     

           
 grace of His 


holy might
         
Jesus, as man 

     
on this ea---r


th!
       
Jesus, as  man

         
 on this earth

  
!


[Verse 4]

      
Silent night! 

#  
Holy night!
        
Where today al

       
l the might
   
Of His fatherl

     
y love us grac

ed
 
And   then    

         
  Jesus, as br


other embraced

.
         
All the people

    
s on   ea---rt

h!
       
All the people

          
s on   earth!


[Verse 5]

      
Silent night! 

#  
Holy night!
         
Long we hoped 

        
that He might,
   
As our Lord, f

     
ree us of wrat

h,
 
Since times   

       
   of our fath


ers He hath
         
Promised to sp

         
are all man- k

# 
i-  ind!
         
Promised to  s

        
pare all man--

      
kind!


[Verse 6]

      
Silent night! 

#  
Holy night!
         
Sheperds first

        
 see the sight

 
.
     
Told by angeli

  
c  Alleluja,
 
Soun--ding    

           
  everywhere, 


both near & fa

r
         
Christ the Sav

      
ior is   he---


re!
       
Christ the Sav

           
ior is   here!

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