Biography:
Hymns from Nineveh is a solo project by Jonas Petersen who is the former songwriter and lead singer of the band Attrap. He has also played the cello for Lampshade and Munich. The music is folk with pop melodies while the lyrics are about the modern man’s restlessness and fear and about a longing hope for redemption.
In october 2007 he signed a record-deal with the danish indie label Good Tape Records. In december 2009 he released his first EP, Uncomplicated Christmassongs.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
The title-track from Hymns From Nineveh's Christmas CD: Endurance in Christmas Time.
Enjoy!
Intro: D Bm G A
D Bm G A
We've lost our fathers
D Bm G A
we've lost our mothers
D Bm G A
we didn't quite think it would be
D Bm G A
this hard to endure the christmas time
We've lost our siblings
we've lost our children
we didn't quite think it would be
this hard to endure the christmas time
Chorus:
G A Bm
Who can defeat the time we live in?
G A Bm
who can defeat the time we die in?
G A Bm G
where shall we go with all the memories of you
A D Bm G A
in the christmastime
We've lost our story
and we've lost our glory
we didn't quite think it would be
this hard to endure the christmas time
Chorus
So we carry our heavy load-lights
and hang them on the tree
and we didn't quite think
the could shine so bright, so bright
in this christmas time
Chorus
Enjoy!
Intro: D Bm G A
D Bm G A
We've lost our fathers
D Bm G A
we've lost our mothers
D Bm G A
we didn't quite think it would be
D Bm G A
this hard to endure the christmas time
We've lost our siblings
we've lost our children
we didn't quite think it would be
this hard to endure the christmas time
Chorus:
G A Bm
Who can defeat the time we live in?
G A Bm
who can defeat the time we die in?
G A Bm G
where shall we go with all the memories of you
A D Bm G A
in the christmastime
We've lost our story
and we've lost our glory
we didn't quite think it would be
this hard to endure the christmas time
Chorus
So we carry our heavy load-lights
and hang them on the tree
and we didn't quite think
the could shine so bright, so bright
in this christmas time
Chorus
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