The Watchful Heart

A                 D          Bm7 There’s a quiet in the evening and a       A whisper in the flame F#m            F#m6      Dmaj7 I’m listening for the footsteps    A calling out my name                            D Ten candles in the doorway where the midnight winds are cold                         A Some carried oil inside their hearts, some only carried gold F#m7     B                   D The cry came through the darkness                    C#m7 Now the Bridegroom draws so near Bm7          C#m7 Five lamps were burning steady D            E light, and five fell short of here Bm7             C#m7          Bm7  A So keep the little light I’ve given,       Amaj7 keep it warm and bright D  E              A The door is opening any hour of night Keep the lamp, keep the watch         D                      A Fill it with Your love till the shadows drop                                E When the world grows still and the           D stars lean in E   D                    E    A Let me be awake when You come again                             E A master left his household and he      Bm7 set a steward’s care D A To give their food in season and to tend with patient prayer F#m7          B But some began to beat the ones they                Dmaj7 promised they would feed                           C#m7 I want to be the faithful heart that                Bm7 serves in word and deed                       C#m7 Not for the praise of passing days,                D but for the joy to see                      E The Master smile and call my name You’ve watched and waited Me A Keep the lamp, keep the watch D                              A Fill it with Your love till the shadows drop                            E When the world grows still and the      Amaj7 stars lean in Bm7 Let me be awake when You come again D           Dmaj7         C#m7 Like a thief without a warning, like the sudden break of light Bm7        C#m7             F#m7 You will step across the threshold of our ordinary night D       Dmaj7              C#m7 Teach my soul the simple posture steady hands and open eyes Bm7         C#m7            Dmaj7 Let my lamp be trimmed and burning                A  E7 when the Bridegroom splits the skies Em             E        A Keep the lamp, keep the watch Fill it with Your love till the shadows drop                      E If the midnight call is on the wind D Find me wide awake when You come again A              E Keep the lamp, keep the watch D                              A Fill it with Your love till the shadows drop                         E If the midnight call is on the wind      D                          A Find me wide awake when You come again                 D There’s a quiet in the evening and a        A whisper in the flame E          F#m                Bm7 I’m waiting with a watchful heart   A      Asus4 till You call my name