It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

Song Info

Intro: G C G 1. It came upon the midnight clear, 2. Still through the cloven skies they come, 3. And ye, beneath life’s crushing load, C Am7 D That glorious song of old, With peaceful wings unfurled, Whose forms are bending low, G C G From angels bending near the earth And still their heavenly music floats Who toil along the climbing way C D G To touch their harps of gold: O’er all the weary world; With painful steps and slow— B7 B7/A Em/G B Em “Peace on the earth, good-will to men, A- - - bove its sad and low–ly plains Look now! for glad and gold-en hours Em/G D A D D7 From heaven’s all-gracious King;” They bend on hovering wing, Come swiftly on the wing; G C G The world in solemn stillness lay, And ever o’er its Babel sounds O rest beside the weary road, C D G To hear the angels sing. The blessed angels sing. And hear the angels sing.