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
C
m7
b
fb
That 
glorious 
song of 
old
G
s
C
From 
angels 
bending 
near the earth
b
#?
7
To 
touch their 
harps of 
gold
sm
a7
"Peace 
on the earth, good 
will to men
B
*b
s
ms
From 
heaven's all 
gracious 
King;"
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#
7
The 
world in 
solemn 
stillness lay,
a
7D
#
To 
hear the 
angels 
sing
Verse 2
D
7
?
Sti
ll thr
ough t
he cloven skies they come
C
bm
D
Ce
With 
peaceful 
wings un
furl
ed,
+
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9
And s
till th
eir heav
enly music floats
G
a?
G
O'e
r all the we
ary world
ca
eF
Above i
ts sad and lowly pla
ins
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DG
*?u
They 
bend on hover
ing wing;
b
9
s
And 
ever o'er
 its Ba
bel sounds
a
A?
b
The
 blessed 
angels 
sing
Verse 3
D
s
a
And
 ye, b
eneath
 life's crushing load
a
u#
b
ua
Whose
 forms ar
e bendin
g lo
w,
f
s
B
Who t
oil alo
ng the c
limbing way
*
sm
b
Wit
h painful st
eps and s
low
A?
du
Look no
w! for glad and gold
en hours
c
A#
Baa
Come 
swiftly on th
e wing;
C
D
s
O re
st beside
 the we
ary road
d
BF
d
And
 hear the
 angels
 sing
Verse 4
9
a
s
For
 lo th
e days
 are hast'ning on
?
Gu
7
cf
By pr
ophets se
en of ol
d
u
A
#
When 
with th
e ever-c
ircling years
s
F9
s
Sha
ll come the 
time fore
told
*u
+F
When pe
ace shall over all t
he earth
#
7b
?de
Its a
ncient splend
our fling
c
9
m
And 
all the w
orld gi
ve back the song
?
ED
C
Whi
ch now th
e angel
s sing