By The Lights Of St. Stephen chords - Hiss Golden Messenger

[Intro]
 
    G          C/A Cadd9/B C         G
 
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[Verse 1]
G                Em        C            G
Joy and love and peace are here in this place
G                    C/A      Cadd9/B C
By your leave I will sing of  the     season
G            Em          C        G
Christmas is past, Twelvetide is upon is
G          C/A   Cadd9/B C
Winter was hard beyond   reason
C                    G
By the lights of St. Stephen
 
[repeat intro]
G - C/A - Cadd9/B - C - G
 
[Verse 2]
G                       Em       C            G
The king was well-dressed in the silks of the best
G                   C/A Cadd9/B C
With his ribbons so gallantly   streaming
G                  Em         C               G
And lo, thought he heard that lonesome little bird
G                  C/A   Cadd9/B C
My god, Virginny's song is so pleasing
C                    G
By the lights of St. Stephen
 
[repeat intro]
G - C/A - Cadd9/B - C - G
 
[chorus]
        Em                            C/A  Cadd9/B        C
Is it a shadow, you’re lost alone and only hide from your demons
        Em                          C/A    Cadd9/B   C
But the shadow was dark so long and only a mattеr of see it [?]
C                  Cadd9/B C/A
A little light was all we  needed
 
[repeat intro]
G - C/A - Cadd9/B - C - G
 
[Verse 3]
G             Em      C            G
Captain hе heard that noble king's word
G               C/A Cadd9/B C
He gathered his men for the doing
G           Em       C               G
Gathered in green, a true rainbow of green
G                     C/A  Cadd9/B  C
Well Ginny cried out, "Why must you do it?"
C              G
St. Stephen, I knew it
 
[repeat intro]
G - C/A - Cadd9/B - C - G
 
[chorus]
        Em                            C/A  Cadd9/B        C
Is it a shadow, you’re lost alone and only hide from your demons
        Em                          C/A    Cadd9/B   C
But the shadow was dark so long and only a mattеr of see it [?]
C                  Cadd9/B C/A
A little light was all we  needed
 
[Instrumental]
 
G - C/A - Cadd9/B - C - G
 
G - Em - C - G
 
G - C/A - Cadd9/B - C - G
 
G - Em - C - G
 
G - C/A - Cadd9/B - C - G
 
G - Em - C - G
 
[Verse 4]
G                 Em          C                G
At the end of the day, on the ground where she lay
G            C/A  Cadd9/B  C
Ginny sang a song of     redemption
G                Em              C            G
Joy and love and peace, from the first to the least
G        C/A Cadd9/B C
If I was only a      season
C                    G
Well St. Stephen’s a reason
 
[Outro]
 
G - C/A - Cadd9/B - C - G x4