It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

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
#
Df
f
as
That 
glorious 
song of 
old
F
*
#
From 
angels 
bending 
near the earth
?
us
b
To 
touch their 
harps of 
gold
*C
?d
"Peace 
on the earth, good 
will to men
A
cm
F
?7
From 
heaven's all 
gracious 
King;"
a
A
?
The 
world in 
solemn 
stillness lay,
u
9u
d
To 
hear the 
angels 
sing
Verse 2
G
d
b
Sti
ll thr
ough t
he cloven skies they come
D
b7
b
7s
With 
peaceful 
wings un
furl
ed,
m
A
m
And s
till th
eir heav
enly music floats
#
cb
+
O'e
r all the we
ary world
mE
sa
Above i
ts sad and lowly pla
ins
B
ED
9ec
They 
bend on hover
ing wing;
A
G
*
And 
ever o'er
 its Ba
bel sounds
c
9e
F
The
 blessed 
angels 
sing
Verse 3
?
b
A
And
 ye, b
eneath
 life's crushing load
b
a#
+
mc
Whose
 forms ar
e bendin
g lo
w,
E
e
D
Who t
oil alo
ng the c
limbing way
s
ds
e
Wit
h painful st
eps and s
low
Ge
7f
Look no
w! for glad and gold
en hours
e
?#
fuD
Come 
swiftly on th
e wing;
9
#
7
O re
st beside
 the we
ary road
e
em
b
And
 hear the
 angels
 sing
Verse 4
a
7
s
For
 lo th
e days
 are hast'ning on
u
sd
G
uu
By pr
ophets se
en of ol
d
#
b
f
When 
with th
e ever-c
ircling years
E
bD
G
Sha
ll come the 
time fore
told
7f
e9
When pe
ace shall over all t
he earth
m
c?
+*G
Its a
ncient splend
our fling
a
s
b
And 
all the w
orld gi
ve back the song
G
7*
a
Whi
ch now th
e angel
s sing