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
     Am  	  D7       G
To touch their harps of gold:
      B                    Em  B  Em
"Peace on the earth, goodwill to men,
      A             A7        D
From heav'n's all-gracious King."
 D7   G       C       G
The world in solemn stillness lay
    Am      D7     G   C   D  C
To hear the angels sing.

         G        C       G
Still through the cloven skies they come,
      C        A7      D
With peaceful wings unfurled,
     G           C       G
And still their heavenly music floats
     Am       D7       G
O'er all the weary world.
  B               Em  B  Em
Above its sad and lowly plains,
  A             A7        D
They bend on hovering wings;
 D7   G       C       G
And ever o'er its Babel sound
   Am  	  D7       G      C  D  C
The blessed angels sing.

    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
     Am  	  D7       G
With painful steps and slow,
    B                    Em  B  Em
Look now!  for gad and golden hours
    A             A7        D
Come swiftly on the wing.
 D7   G       C       G
O rest beside the weary road,
    Am  	D7       G   C   D  C
And hear the angels sing.

    G     C       G
For lo, the days are hastening on,
      C        A7      D
By prophets seen of old,
     G       C       G
When, with the ever-circling years,
     Am  	  D7       G
shall come the time foretold, 
      B                     Em  B  Em
When peace shall over all the earth
      A             A7        D
It's ancient splendor's fling,
 D7   G       C       G
and the whole world give back the song
   Am  	      D7        G
Which now the angels sing.