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Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All © Timmon Wallis 2015
Dsus D Dsus D Csus
Peace on earth, goodwill to all;
Dsus D C G
- These were the words of the Angel’s call
Dsus D C G
That the shepherds heard at the manger stall;
Dsus D C G
In Palestine, all those years ago
Dsus D Cmaj7 Dsus D Csus
Peace on earth, goodwill to all.
Peace on earth, goodwill to all;
2. These were the words that the soldiers cried
As they danced with each other beneath the moonlight
As they sang the refrain through the barbed wire fence
Until officers ordered them back to their trench
So the killing could go on without any sense
Peace on earth, goodwill to all!
Peace on earth, goodwill to all
3. Hollow is the sound of these words today
As those very same shepherds herd their flocks by day
To the sound of gunfire and a message of hate
In Palestine as it is today…
Peace on earth, goodwill to all
G D
How long can this go on for?
G D
We pray for peace but we prepare for war
G Bm
We preach goodwill but what we practise is hate
Em Asus2 A
We love our neighbours and family, but then we… hesitate
Peace on earth, goodwill to all
Goodwill to all, goodwill to all
Make no exceptions, no exceptions at all
Goodwill to your neighbours and to your family
Goodwill to all strangers and to your enemies
Goodwill to all the Muslims, goodwill to all Jews
Goodwill to evangelicals, and to the atheists, too
Peace on earth, goodwill to all
Peace on earth, goodwill to all, goodwill to all…