It Came Upon The Midnight Clear chords by Michael Martin Murphey

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 (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) It  (G major)  (C major) came  (G major) 
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upon  (C major) a   (G major) midnight clear
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That  (A major) glorious song of  (D major) old
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From  (G major) angels  (C major) bending near  (G major) the earth
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To touch  (A major) their  (D major) harps of  (G major) gold
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Peace  (B major) on the earth, good (E minor) will to men,
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from  (A major) heaven's all -gracious King.  (D major) 
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The  (G major) world in  (C major) solemn still (G major) ness lay,
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to  (A major) hear the  (D major) angels sing.  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (C major) Still  (G major) through the cloven  (C major) skies  (G major) they come,
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with  (A major) peaceful wings unfurled.  (D major) 
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And  (G major) still their  (C major) heavenly mu (G major) sic floats
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O  (A major) 'er all the  (D major) weary world  (G major) 
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Above  (B major) the sand and  (E minor) lowly plain
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They  (A major) bend on hovering wing  (D major) 
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And  (G major) ever  (C major) over its  (G major) babble sounds
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The  (A major) blessed an (D major) gels sing  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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Yet  (D major)  (A major) with the woes  (D major) of  (A major) sin and strife,
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the  (B major) world  (A major) has  (B major) suffered long.  (E major)  (A major) 
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Beneath the  (D major) heavenly  (A major) hymn
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two  (B major) thousand years  (E major) of  (A major) wrong.
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And  (C sharp major) warring humankind
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 (F sharp minor) hears not the  (A major)  (B major) tidings which they  (A major)  (E major) bring.
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Oh,  (A major) hush the noise  (D major)  (A major) and cease your strife,
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And  (B major) hear the  (E major) angels sing.  (A major) 
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For, the days  (D major) are  (A major) hastening on
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By  (B major) prophets seen of  (E major) old,
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When  (A major) with the ever  (D major) -circling  (A major) years
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Shall  (B major) come the  (E major) time fore (A major) told,
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When  (C sharp major) peace shall over all  (F sharp minor) the earth
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its  (B major) ancient splendors  (E major) fling  (D major) 
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 (E major) An (A major) d  all the world give back the song
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which  (B major) now the  (E major) angels sing  (A major) 
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It came upon  (D major) a  (A major) midnight clear  (D major) 
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