Angels We Have Heard on High
French carol. Public domain.
Meter: 4/4
Angels We Have Heard on High
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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__________
