It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

Author: Richard Willis
Traditional / Public domain
Key of G
Meter: 3/4

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
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   G       C      G        | 
It came up-on the midnight clear

     C        A7      D    |
That glorious song of old

     G      C       G        |
From angels bending near the earth

     C       D       G       |
With news of joy foretold

      B7     |            Em     |
Peace on the earth, good will to men

     D            A7       D     |
From heaven's all gracious King

    G        C      G         | 
The world in solemn stillness lay

   C        D      G     |
To hear the angels sing.


      G           C      G          | 
Still through the cloven skies they come

     C        A7      D      |
With peaceful wings unfurled

    G           C        G     |
And still their heavenly music floats

     C       D     G       |
O'er all the weary world

  B7       |       Em    |
A-bove its sad and lowly plains

    D      A7        D     |
Old echoes plaintive ring

    G    C        G     |
And ever o'er its Babel sounds

    C       D       G     |
The blessed angels sing.


  G      C            G        | 
O ye, be-neath life's crushing load

      C         A7      D      |
Whose forms are bending low

    G      C        G        |
Who toil a-long the climbing way

     C       D         G       |
With painful steps and slow

     B7      |        Em     |
Look now for glad and golden hours

      D      A7     D     |
Come swiftly on the wing

  G       C        G     |
O rest be-side the weary road

    C        D      G     |
And hear the angels sing.