Vision At The Peace Table Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]Las[Em]t nig[G]ht[D],
this old world [G]went to sleep
with troubles on her mind.
[D]More troubles than she's known
since time began.
With the leaders of all nations
gathered in one room,
[E]the future of the world was in
[A]their hands.
[D]Now the moment had come
for men an[G]d nations
to decide
[D]how an everlasting peace could be born.
But hopes [G]of peace soon ended
when [D]one man took the floor
and [A]started speaking words
of fire [D]and scorn.
The smaller nations pleaded
that their people might be
saved
[G]from the awful fate of war that
[D]filled the air.
Then a small handful of leaders
[G]who had put their faith in God
[D]bowed their heads
[E]and all began to [A]offer prayer.
At the [D]stroke of midnight,
a si[G]lence filled the room,
[D]and a strange hand opened
and unlocked [Em]the guarded [D]door.
[G]Then, softly through the sil[D]ence,
a tender voice [A]was heard
as [D]the stranger's shadow
fell across the floor.
[Bm]They watched his every[D] movement,
listened to his every [G]word.
[D]Around him was a light as bright as [Bm]the sun.
[D]Lift up [G]your hearts, he pleaded,
extending out [D]his arms.
Your [E]plans are many,
but there's [A]really only one.
[D]While some of you have prayed for peace,
others [G]speak of war.
[D]The treaties of this world will never stand.
The greatest book of [G]all is missing
from your [D]peace table.
The one inspired by [A]God's
[D]almighty hand.
The leaders felt they knew him
as he turned to leave the room.
And they all [G]stood mute
as though [D]they had been stunned.
As he raised his arms [Bm]in a sign of peace,
[G]they saw his [D]nail -scarred hands.
[E]The peace table had been [D]visited
by [Bm]the one, [A]the only [D]one.
Then just [G]for one brief moment,
[D]a darkness filled the room,
a miracle they soon would understand.
[G]As the natio[D]ns took
their places
at the peace [A]table,
every leader [D]had a Bible in his hand.
[Bm]We n[D]eed him now,[G] we need[D] him now,
[G]yes, we [D]need [Em]him now.
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