It Came Upon A Midnight Clear BPM: 0

Authors

Sears, Edmund Hamilton (1810-1876) (Text)
Willis, Richard Storrs (1819-1900) (Music)

Bible verses

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Verse 1
C
F
C
It 
came u
pon a 
midnight clear
c
dc
d
su
That 
glorious 
song of 
old
C
?
u
From 
angels 
bending 
near the earth
E
dF
b
To 
touch their 
harps of 
gold
du
CC
"Peace 
on the earth, good 
will to men
?
sD
B
us
From 
heaven's all 
gracious 
King;"
7
u
D
The 
world in 
solemn 
stillness lay,
?
ef
+
To 
hear the 
angels 
sing
Verse 2
#
B
s
Sti
ll thr
ough t
he cloven skies they come
C
B7
s
su
With 
peaceful 
wings un
furl
ed,
#
9
G
And s
till th
eir heav
enly music floats
E
f*
D
O'e
r all the we
ary world
#7
u?
Above i
ts sad and lowly pla
ins
s
7G
9b?
They 
bend on hover
ing wing;
a
c
e
And 
ever o'er
 its Ba
bel sounds
D
E#
f
The
 blessed 
angels 
sing
Verse 3
9
A
s
And
 ye, b
eneath
 life's crushing load
d
9F
D
Df
Whose
 forms ar
e bendin
g lo
w,
f
d
#
Who t
oil alo
ng the c
limbing way
A
eA
e
Wit
h painful st
eps and s
low
A+
*m
Look no
w! for glad and gold
en hours
d
u*
?Ds
Come 
swiftly on th
e wing;
C
D
G
O re
st beside
 the we
ary road
b
fB
?
And
 hear the
 angels
 sing
Verse 4
9
7
#
For
 lo th
e days
 are hast'ning on
*
9C
F
9*
By pr
ophets se
en of ol
d
f
s
b
When 
with th
e ever-c
ircling years
b
9F
e
Sha
ll come the 
time fore
told
sG
fB
When pe
ace shall over all t
he earth
s
E?
sAb
Its a
ncient splend
our fling
u
?
B
And 
all the w
orld gi
ve back the song
*
GA
F
Whi
ch now th
e angel
s sing