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