Christmas 1915, Celtic Thunder lyrics and chords

Written by Cormac MacConnell, also recorded and made famous by Jerry Lynch Celtic Thunder and Tommy Flemming. Guitar chords worked out by Marc Fahrbach. Along with the guitar chords I have included the ukulele chords for the key of G. The Voyage song is another favorite of mine by Celtic Thunder. A Ballad with a similar title and also about Christmas is Christmas 1914 song .

(D)Nineteen-fifteen on Christmas Day
On western front the guns all died a(A)way
And (G)lying in the mud on bags of (Bm)sand
We (G)heard a German (A)sing from no man's (D)land
 
He had a tenor voice so pure and true
The words were strange but every note we knew
Soaring ore the living dead and dammed
A German sang of peace from no man's land
 
They left their trenches and we left ours
Beneath tin hats the smiles bloomed like wild flowers
With photos cigarettes and bottles of wine
We built a soldier's truce on the front line
 
Their singer was a lad of twenty-one
We begged another song before the dawn
And sitting in the mud and blood and fear
He sang again the song all longed to hear
 
Chorus:
 
(D)Silent night, no cannons roar
A king is born of peace for ever(A)more
All's (G)calm, all's (Bm)bright
All brothers hand in (D)hand
In (G)nineteen and fif(A)teen in no man's (D)land
 
And in the morning all the guns boomed in the rain
And we killed them and they killed us again
At night they charged we fought them hand in hand
And I killed the boy that sang in no man's land
 
Silent night no cannons roar
A king is born of peace for evermore
All's calm, all's bright
All brothers hand in hand
 
And (G)that young soldier (A)sings
And the (G)song of peace still (A)rings
Though the (G)captains and all the (A)kings
Built (G)no man's (D)land
 
(D)Sleep in (A)heavenly (D)peace.
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Christmas 1915 lyrics