I Need A Silent Night

[G]  [C]  [Am]  [D]

[G]I've made this same mistake before              [C]
t[Am]oo many malls, too many stores. [G]
December traffic, Christmas rush             [C]
it br[Am]eaks me till I push an[C]d shove.    [G]
Chi[G]ldren are crying w[D]hile mothers are tr[C]ying            [G]
to pho[Am]tograph Santa and sleigh.       [D]
Sho[G]pping and buying and [D]standing forever[C] in line-        [G]                   [C]

what can I say?

I need a silent[G] night, a [C]holy nigh[D]t      [G]            [D]
[C]to hear an angel voice thro[G]ugh the chaos and the nois[Am]e.                 [D]
I need a midnig[G]ht clear, a li[C]ttle peace right he[D]re             [G]                      [D]
to end[C] this crazy day with [Am]a silent night[D].       [G]

[G]December comes then disappears             [C]
[Am]faster and faster every y[G]ear.
Did my own mother keep this pace                [C]
or wa[Am]s the world a different[C] place?       [G]
Where people [G]stayed home, wishing[D] for snow    [C]                  [G]
watching three c[Am]hannels on their TVs.            [D]
[G]Look at us now, r[D]ushing [C]around          [G]
trying to buy C[C]hristmas peace.        [D]

I need a silent[G] night, a [C]holy nigh[D]t      [G]            [D]
[C]to hear an angel voice thro[G]ugh the chaos and the nois[Am]e.                 [D]
I need a midnig[G]ht clear, a li[C]ttle peace right he[D]re             [G]                      [D]
to end[C] this crazy day with [Am]a silent night[D].       [G]

[Am]What was it like [G]back there in Bethlehem? [C]          [D]
With peace[Am] on earth  [Em]
Good will [Am]toward men     [C]

I need a silent[G] night, a [C]holy nigh[D]t      [G]            [D]
[C]to hear an angel voice thro[G]ugh the chaos and the nois[Am]e.                 [D]
I need a midnig[G]ht clear, a li[C]ttle peace right he[D]re             [G]                      [D]
to end[C] this crazy day with [Am]a silent night[D].       [G]
To end[C] this crazy day with [Am]a silent night[D].       [G]