French carol. Public domain.
Meter: 4/4
Angels We Have Heard on High
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G |
Angels we have heard on high
G D - G
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
G |
And the mountains in reply
G D - G
Echoing their joyous strains.
Chorus:
G - E Am - D G - C D
Glo____________________-or-ia
[G D G C] G - D
in ex-celsis De____o
G - E Am - D G - C D
Glo____________________-or-ia
[G D G C] G - D G |
in ex-celsis De__o
Verse:
G |
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
G D - G
Why your joyful strains prolong?
G |
Say what may the tidings be
G D - G
Which inspire your heav'nly song?
(chorus)
G |
Come to Bethlehem, and see
G D - G
Him whose birth the angels sing
G |
Come, adore on bended knee
G D - G
Christ the Lord, the newborn King
(chorus)
G |
See within a manger laid
G D - G
Jesus, Lord of heav'n and earth!
G |
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid
G D - G
With us sing our Savior's birth.
(chorus)
NOTE: Alternate chord for chorus (C in the place of E):
G - C Am - D
Glo__________
... instead of:
G - E Am - D
Glo__________
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