In The First Light Chords
by Bob Kauflin
In The First Light by Bob Kauflin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse 1
C Am F G C
In the first light of a new day no one knew he had arrived
C Am F G C
Things continued as they had been while a newborn softly cried
Am G F G
But the heavens wrapped in wonder knew the meaning of his birth
Am G F G C
In the weakness of a baby they knew God had come to earth
Verse 2
C Am F G C
As his mother held him closely it was hard to understand
C Am F G C
That her baby, not yet speaking, was the word of God to man
Am G F G
He would tell them of his kingdom but their hearts would not believe
Am G F G C
They would hate him and in anger they would nail him to a tree
Verse 3
C Am G C
But the sadness would be broken as the song of life arose
C Am F G C
And the firstborn of creation would ascend and take his throne
Am G F G
He had left it to redeem us but before his life began
Am G F G C
He knew he’d come back, not as a baby, but as the Lord of every man
Verse 4
C Am F G C
Hear the angels as they’re singing on the morning of his birth
C Am F C
But how much greater will their song be when he comes again to earth
Am G F G
Hear the angels as they’re singing on the morning of his birth
Am G F G C
But how much greater will their song be when he comes to rule the
earth!