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IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR

 Written by Nathan Drake, Ri­chard S. Wil­lis

CCLI# 7197577

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It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Chords
from "The Soul Felt Its Worth"
Capo 1
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Intro x4/Interludes x2:  G          C        G   

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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                 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.

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        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.

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Available worship resources for It Came Upon The Midnight Clear include: chord chart, multitrack, backing track, lyric video, and streaming. Written by Ri­chard S. Wil­lis, 1850. Modern arrangement and recording by Nathan Drake, Reawaken Hymns. CCLI# 7197577

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It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (Hope Is Coming) Chords (Acoustic)
(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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