It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

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>From [email protected] (Michael Mongeau)
~Subject: TAB:  It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
~Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 14:57:00 GMT

In response to the request for Christmas songs, here is an arrangement
of "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear".   The song is in 3/4 time and
written here in the key of C.  The symbols below the tab are for
timing purposes:  one and two and three and,  etc.
                  ^   .   ^   .   ^     .

The chords all are pretty basic.  As far as the F and F6 go, I find
it easier to use the thumb to play the 6th string/1st fret rather
than using the barre F.  It makes for a much smoother transition 
when changing from C to F and back to C again.  Enjoy...

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   Mike Mongeau                        Raytheon Equipment Division
   [email protected]                          Marlboro, MA
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                     It Came Upon A Midnight Clear


3/4  C                  F6                 C
+--+-0----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
---|-1-----------0----|-3--------1-------|------------------|------------------|
-0-|------------------|-2-----------2----|-0-----------2----|-0-----------0----|
---|-------2-----2----|-------3-----3----|-------2----------|-------2-----2----|
---|-3----------------|------------------|-3--------0-------|-3----------------|
+--+------------------+-1----------------+------------------+------------------+
     ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .

   F                                     G                  G7
 +------------------+-------------0----+------------------+------------------+
 |----------0--1----|-1--------3-------|-3--------------0-|-------0----------|
 |-2-----------2----|-2----------------|-0--------0-------|---0---------0----|
 |-------3----------|-------3-----3----|-------0-----2----|-------3----------|
 |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 +-1----------------+-1----------------+-3----------------+-3----------------+
   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .

   C                  F6                 C
 +-0----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
 |-1-----------0----|-3--------1-------|------------------|------------------|
 |------------------|-2-----------2----|-0-----------2----|-0-----------0----|
 |-------2-----2----|-------3-----3----|-------2----------|-------2-----2----|
 |-3----------------|------------------|-3--------0-------|-3----------------|
 +------------------+-1----------------+------------------+------------------+
   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .

   F                  G                  C
 +------------------+------------------+------------------+-------------0----+
 |------------------|-0----------------|-1----------------|-------------1----|
 |-2-----------2----|-0--------2--0----|-0--------0-----0-|------------------|
 |-------3-----3----|-------0-----0----|-------2----------|-------2-----2----|
 |------------------|------------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|
 +-1----------------+-3----------------+-------------3----+------------------+
   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .

   E                                     Am
 +-0----------------+------------------+------------------+-------------0----+
 |-0----------------|------------------|------------0-----|-1----------------|
 |------------------|-------------1----|-2----------2-----|-2----------------|
 |-------2-----2----|-2-----4----------|-------2----2-----|-------2-----2----|
 |------------------|------------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
 +-0----------------+-0----------------+------------------+------------------+
   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .

   G                  D                  G                  G7
 +------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
 |-3--------1--0----|-------0----------|------------------|------------------|
 |-0----------------|-2-----------2----|-0--------0-----0-|----0--------0----|
 |-------0-----0----|-------0-----0----|-------0-----2----|-------3----------|
 |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 +-3----------------+-2----------------+-3----------------+-3----------------+
   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .

   C                  F6                 C
 +-0----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
 |-1-----------0----|-3--------1-------|------------------|------------------|
 |------------------|-2-----------2----|-0-----------2----|-0-----------0----|
 |-------2-----2----|-------3----------|-------2----------|-------2----------|
 |-3----------------|------------------|-3--------0-------|-3-----------3----|
 +------------------+-1----------------+------------------+------------------+
   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .

   F                  G                  C
 +------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
 |------------------|-0----------------|-1----------------|-1----------------|
 |-2-----------2----|-0--------2--0----|-0--------0-----0-|------------------|
 |-------3-----3----|-------0-----0----|-------2----------|------------------|
 |------------------|------------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|
 +-1----------------+-3----------------+-------------3----+------------------+
   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .