IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR
FULL BAND
CAPO 1
INTRO(x4)/INTERLUDES(x2):
G C G
G C G
It came upon the midnight clear,
C A7 D
That glorious song of old,
G C G
From angels bending near the earth,
C D/F# G
To touch their harps of gold:
Bm 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/F# G
To hear the angels sing.
G C G
Yet with the woes of sin and strife
C A7 D
The world has suffered long;
G C G
Beneath the angel strain have rolled
C D/F# G
Two thousand years of wrong;
Bm Em
And man, at war with man, hears not
D A7 D
The love-song which they bring;
G C G
O hush the noise, ye men of strife,
C D/F# G
And hear the angels sing.
G C G
And ye, beneath life’s crushing load,
C A7 D
Whose forms are bending low,
G C G
Who toil along the climbing way
C D/F# G
With painful steps and slow,
Bm Em
Look now for glad and golden hours
D A7 D
Come swiftly on the wing.
G C G
O rest beside the weary road,
C D/F# G
And hear the angels sing.
G C G
For lo the days are hastening on,
C A7 D
By prophet bards foretold,
G C G
When with the ever circling years,
C D/F# G
Comes round the age of gold.
Bm Em
When peace shall over all the earth
D A7 D
Its ancient splendors fling,
G C G
And the whole world gives back the song
C D/F# G
Which now the angels sing.
Written by Richard S. Willis, 1850,
Recording and arrangement by Nathan Drake
ACOUSTIC
(Suggested Capo 1)
G C G
It came upon the midnight clear
C A7 D
That glorious song of old
G C G
From angels bending near the earth
C D7 G
To touch their harps of gold
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 D7 G
To hear the angels sing
Chorus
C G
Hope is coming to the broken
C D
Hope is coming in you
C G
You’re the light in a night
Em D
That is fading away
C D G
You are the dawning of love
G C G
Still thro' the cloven skies they come
C A7 D
With peaceful wings unfurled
G C G
And still their heavenly music floats
C D7 G
O'er all the weary world
B7 Em
Above its sad and lowly plains
D A7 D
They bend on hovering wing
G C G
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
C D7 G
The blessed angels sing
Chorus
G C G
For lo the days are hastening on
C A7 D
By prophet bards foretold
G C G
When with the ever-circling years
C D7 G
Comes round the age of gold
B7 Em
When peace shall over all the earth
D A7 D
Its ancient splendors fling
G C G
And the whole world give back the song
C D7 G
Which now the angels sing
Bridge/Ending
Em C G D/F#
G C G
O hush the noise ye men of strife
C D G
And hear the angels sing
Written by Richard S. Willis, 1850,
Chorus by Nathan Drake, 2011
Recording and arrangement by Nathan Drake
TUTORIAL LIVESTREAM
G C G
It came upon the midnight clear
C A7 D
That glorious song of old
G C G
From angels bending near the earth
C D7 G
To touch their harps of gold
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 D7 G
To hear the angels sing
Chorus
C G
Hope is coming to the broken
C D
Hope is coming in you
C G
You’re the light in a night
Em D
That is fading away
C D G
You are the dawning of love
G C G
Still thro' the cloven skies they come
C A7 D
With peaceful wings unfurled
G C G
And still their heavenly music floats
C D7 G
O'er all the weary world
B7 Em
Above its sad and lowly plains
D A7 D
They bend on hovering wing
G C G
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
C D7 G
The blessed angels sing
Chorus
G C G
For lo the days are hastening on
C A7 D
By prophet bards foretold
G C G
When with the ever-circling years
C D7 G
Comes round the age of gold
B7 Em
When peace shall over all the earth
D A7 D
Its ancient splendors fling
G C G
And the whole world give back the song
C D7 G
Which now the angels sing
Bridge/Ending
Em C G D/F#
G C G
O hush the noise ye men of strife
C D G
And hear the angels sing