it came upon a midnight clear
(Suggested Capo 1)
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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
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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
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Written by Richard S. Willis, 1850, Nathan Drake, 2011