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It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
from: mongeau@NMC.ED.RAY.COM (Michael Mongeau)
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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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----+------------------+
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
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