From mongeau@NMC.ED.RAY.COM (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... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mike Mongeau Raytheon Equipment Division mongeau@tif162.ed.ray.com Marlboro, MA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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----+------------------+ ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .