The World Waits — Nashville Number Chart
Key: Eb major   |   76 BPM   |   4/4
6m=Cm  b7m=C#m  1=Eb  b2=E  b3m=F#m  3m=Gm  4=Ab  #4=A  5=Bb  b6=B
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[Verse 1 (the hush -> the command -> the King comes in -- slow 12/8, pp legato, building)]
  1 1 4    (Creation waits in deep and holy yearning,)
  1 1 4    (through every age of shadow, cold, and night;)
  1 4 5    (through darkened years the faithful hearts kept burning,)
  1 6m 4    (for One long-promised, hidden yet from sight.)
  1 6m 1    (Take heart, take heart, ye long-awaiting mortals--)
  4 4 1    (the watch is done; let heaven's song begin!)

[Climax (the "Fall on your knees" octave leap -- ff, sustained high peak)]
  1 4 5    (Lift up your heads! Ye everlasting portals!)
  4 5 6m 3m    (Behold -- the King of glory shall come in!)

[Tag (resolving descent, softening)]
  1 1 b6 b2    (He comes! He comes! The King of glory comes in!)

[Verse 2 (the awed question -> the mighty answer -- back to reverent legato)]
  b7m 4 b3m b2    (But who is this, that all the heavens ponder,)
  b6 #4 b6    (that everlasting doors should yield the way?)
  b2 1 #4 b3m    ("Who is this King of glory?" -- nations wonder,)
  b6 b2 b6    (the very heavens lean to hear this day.)
  b7m #4 b6 b7m    (Then hear the answer break, and tell the story--)
  b2 #4 #4    (the earth's reply resounds from sea to sea:)

[Second Peak (the mighty answer -- soar, then begin the descent)]
  b2 #4 b2 b2    (The LORD, the strong and mighty, comes in glory,)
  b2 b2 1    (the LORD of hosts, in battle mighty, He!)

[Tag (decrescendo to a whispered, awed close)]
  1 4 1 1    (This is the King of glory -- He is come.)