It came upon a midnight clear Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays445

It came upon a midnight clear by Carpenters is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, D7, G7, E7, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			C      F    C 
It came upon a midnight clear 
     F        D7      G7 
That glorious song of old 
     C      F       C 
From angels bending near the earth 
   F           G7       C   
To touch their harps of gold 
       E7                 Am 
"Peace on the earth, good will to men 
     G        D7           G      
From heaven's all gracious King;" 
    C        F      C 
The world in solemn stillness lay, 
   F        G7     C 
To hear the angels sing 
 
Still through the cloven skies they come 
With peaceful wings unfurled, 
And still their heavenly music floats	 
O'er all the weary world 
Above its sad and lowly plains 
They bend on hovering wing; 
And ever o'er its Babel sounds 
The blessed angels sing. 
 
O ye, beneath life's crushing load 
Whose forms are bending low, 
Who toil along the climbing way 
With painful steps and slow 
Look now! for glad and golden hours 
Come swiftly on the wing; 
O rest beside the weary road 
And hear the angels sing 
  
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante