Precious Promise

Intro : G D6/F# Em7 C G D6 F# s oh what a precious promise E Em7 Bm C oh what a gift of love t C D an angel tells a virgin that A G C she’s gonna have a son and though it’s a precious promise A she wonders how can this be what will the people say and what if joseph can’t believe Am and her questions and her fears s Am7 Adim G E are met with an overwhelming joy C D6 F# Em7 t that god has chosen her Cm7 B oh what a precious promise Am7 D G ( play Intro ) mary waits as heaven comes to earth oh what a precious promise A oh what a gift of love joseph makes his choice to do what few men would have done to take mary as his bride when she’s already carrying a child B that isn’t his own oh what a precious promise mary and the child will have a home Em7 Bm and shepherds stand on a hillside C D C G C G their hearts racing with the news the angel told them Em7 Bm a star’s light fills up the dark sky C G6 B C as the night of precious promise is unfolding oh what a precious promise A oh what a gift of love the waiting now is over and the time has finally come for the god who made this world to roll back the curtain and unveil B his passion for the heart of man oh what a precious promise Em lying in a manger in bethlehem Cm7 oh what a precious promise Am D G ( play Intro ) G lying in a manger in bethlehem