It Came Upon a Midnight Clear chords & lyrics

by Kutless

Lyrics - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear: Edmund Hamilton Sears, 1849.
Composer: Richard Storrs Willis - 1850 in the original published key of Bb Major.
Performance: Kutless from the album This Is Christmas.

Music: Key of G# Minor in 6/8 time at 152 bpm (♪)
Easier - Capo on 4: Play in E Minor
Chords with Capo: Em, Em/addF#, Cmaj7, B7, D, G, Am

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It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Kutless

Capo on 4th fret if playing with video

Intro: 6/8 ||   Em   |   Em/addF#  |   Em   |   Em/addF#  ||
	
       Em            Cmaj7                    Em                B7  
1. It came up-on the mid-night clear___ That glor-i-ous song of old
        Em               Cmaj7                 Em           D       Em
   From an-gels bend-ing near the earth___ To touch their harps of gold
         B7                Em       G          Cmaj7        Am         D
   Peace on the earth good-will to men___ From heav-ens all grac-ious King
        Em              Cmaj7                 Em      D       (Em)
   The world in sol-emn still-ness lay___ To hear the an-gels sing


   ||    Em     |  Em/addF#  |    Em     |  Em/addF#  ||
         Ah...Ah   Ah...          Ah...Ah   Ah...

           Em                Cmaj7                    Em                  B7 
2. Still through the clo-ven skies they come___ With peace-ful wings un-furled
        Em                    Cmaj7                Em       D      Em  
   And still their heav-en-ly music floats___ O'er all the wear-y world
      B7              Em       G            Cmaj7   Am          D
   A-bove its sad and low-ly plains___ They bend on hov-er-ing wing
       Em               Cmaj7                 Em      D        Em  
   And ev-er o-ver its  Ba-bel sounds___ The bles-sed an-gels sing


Instr: | Em  | Cmaj7  | Em  | B7  | Em  | Cmaj7 | Em  - D  | Em  |

       | B7 | Em  – G  | Cmaj7  - Am  | D  | Em  | Cmaj7  | Em  – D  | Em  | % | % | 

        
     Em                 Cmaj7                    Em                B7 
3. O ye be-neath life's crush-ing load___ Whose forms are bend-ing low
        Em             Cmaj7                  Em        D        Em
   Who toil a-long the climb-ing way___ With pain-ful steps and slow
        B7                Em       G           Cmaj7    Am      D
   Look now for glad and gold-en hours___ Come swift-ly on the wing
       Em              Cmaj7               Em      D       (Em)
   Oh rest be-side the wear-y road___ And hear the an-gels sing
 
   ||:   Em   |  Em/addF#  |   Em   |  Em/addF#  :||
                                                     ... repeat and fade

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It Came Upon a Midnight Clear chords and lyrics
Christmas Carols Page - Easy traditional version in the key of C Major
Sheet Music at OnlineSheetMusic.Com - Various Scores - Digital Print

E Minor

Red Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 : Fingers/Notes 
Unmarked strings: play open
x: don't play string

Right Handed Chord Tabs   
          Em                Em/addF#               Cmaj7
    e|---|---|---|     e|---|---|---|---|     e|---|---|---|
    B|---|---|---|     B|---|---|---|---|     B|---|---|---|
    G|---|---|---|     G|---|---|---|---|     G|---|---|---|
    D|---|-2-|---|     D|---|---|---|-4-|     D|---|-2-|---|
    A|---|-1-|---|     A|---|-1-|---|---|     A|---|---|-3-|
    E|---|---|---|     E|---|---|---|---|     E|---|---|---|x
Frets  1   2   3          1   2   3   4          1   2   3

           B7                 D                  G                 Am
    e|---|-4-|---|     e|---|-2-|---|     e|---|---|-3-|     e|---|---|---|
    B|---|---|---|     B|---|---|-3-|     B|---|---|---|     B|-1-|---|---|
    G|---|-3-|---|     G|---|-1-|---|     G|---|---|---|     G|---|-3-|---|
    D|-1-|---|---|     D|---|---|---|     D|---|---|---|     D|---|-2-|---|
    A|---|-2-|---|     A|---|---|---|x    A|---|-1-|---|     A|---|---|---|
    E|---|---|---|x    E|---|---|---|x    E|---|---|-2-|     E|---|---|---|x
Frets  1   2   3          1   2   3          1   2   3          1   2   3 


Left Handed Chord Tabs:
         Em                Em/addF#             Cmaj7
    |---|---|---|e     |---|---|---|---|e     |---|---|---|e
    |---|---|---|B     |---|---|---|---|B     |---|---|---|B
    |---|---|---|G     |---|---|---|---|G     |---|---|---|G
    |---|-2-|---|D     |-4-|---|---|---|D     |---|-2-|---|D
    |---|-1-|---|A     |---|---|-1-|---|A     |-3-|---|---|A
    |---|---|---|E     |---|---|---|---|E    x|---|---|---|E
      3   2   1          4   3   2   1          3   2   1  Frets

          B7                 D                  G                 Am
    |---|-4-|---|e     |---|-2-|---|e     |-3-|---|---|e     |---|---|---|e
    |---|---|---|B     |-3-|---|---|B     |---|---|---|B     |---|---|-1-|B
    |---|-3-|---|G     |---|-1-|---|G     |---|---|---|G     |---|-3-|---|G
    |---|---|-1-|D     |---|---|---|D     |---|---|---|D     |---|-2-|---|D
    |---|-2-|---|A    x|---|---|---|A     |---|-1-|---|A     |---|---|---|A
   x|---|---|---|E    x|---|---|---|E     |-2-|---|---|E    x|---|---|---|E
      3   2   1          3   2   1          3   2   1          3   2   1  Frets

Notes

Kutless

Level Of Ease: Easy - ideal for beginners (capo)
Key Signature: This version of the song is a variation of the original tune, and is played in a minor key of G#m instead of B Major (relative major). Although it sounds slightly different, it adds a different dimension to the song, while still retaining its timeless tradition. It's interesting to note that 'Sixpense None The Richer' did a similar version in a minor key (Am).
We have used a capo on the 4th fret and play in the key of Em. The Em/addF# simply means you play an Em open chord and add your pinkie on string 4, fret 4 (F#... see chart).
Time Signature: 6/8 - This means there are 6 quaver/eighth-note beats per bar. You can count each bar as | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | or | 1& 2& 3& 4& 5& 6& |
Tempo: 152 bpm - your metronome or click track will sound on every eighth-note/quaver.
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