(I put a few very minor corrections in this file - Editor 
the Gospel Music Archive)

Performer: Garth Brooks
Words and music: John Henry and Garth Brooks
Album: Sevens (1997)
Transcribed by Marc S. Kehoe(msharc@illuminet.net)

Belleau Wood 


      D with A
|-------5---5-----5---|
|-----3---3---3----3--|
|---2-----------------|
|-0---------0---0----0|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

This is how the first part is played.

D			   D/F#
Oh, the snowflakes fell in silence

     Bm      A         D 
Over Belleau Wood that night

      G                   D
For a Christmas truce had been declared

   A                       A7sus4 A
By both sides of the fight

      D                D/F#
As we lay there in our trenches

    G
The silence broke in two

                    D
By a German soldier singing

  A                D        A    D
A song that we all knew



Though I did not know the language
The song was "Silent Night";
Then I heard my buddy whisper,
"All is calm and all is bright";

Then the fear and doubt surrounded me
'Cause I'd die if I was wrong
But I stood up in my trench
And I began to sing along

Chorus:
             A 
	Then across the frozen battlefield 

          G                    D
	Another's voice joined in

              G               D
	Until one by one each man became 

          Em             A   Asus4  A
	A singer of the hymn


Then I thought that I was dreaming
For right there in my sight
Stood the german soldier
'Neath the falling flakes of white

And he raised his hand and smiled at me
As if he seemed to say
Here's hoping we both live
To see us find a better way

Chorus:
	
	Then the devil's clock struck midnight
	And the skies lit up again
	And the battlefield where heaven stood
	Was blown to hell again

D                         D/F#
But for just one fleeting moment

    G
The answer seemed so clear

              D
Heaven's not beyond the clouds

      A                   (D--C#--A--B)
It's just beyond the fear


   G            D
No heaven's not beyond the clouds

         A
It's for us to find it here


I have a vague idea of how the ending goes
but, I'm not positive.  Listen and see for 
yourself.   The last two chords are G and the
it ends on a D.   Enjoy!


For those of you who are new to guitar, here 
are a few chords.

Em:  654321         A:   654321
     022000              X02220

G:   654321      D/F#:   654321  
     320003              XX4232   

D:   654321         B:   654321  (I bar chord it
     XX0232              X244XX   in this song)