Author: Richard Willis
Traditional / Public domain
Key of G
Meter: 3/4
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear -------------------------------- 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.