Angels We Have Heard on High (Lyrics and Chords)

[Christmas]
                 F   Dm Gm7 C FM7 Bb C F C F C F B F/C  C
Refrain: Glo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ria in Excelsis De-o (2x)

Verse 1
F        Am        Csus  C   F
Angels we have heard on high
F     C    F       F/C  C      F
sweetly singing o'er the plains
F          Am        Csus C F
and the mountains in reply
F C   F     F/A  F/C C    F
echo back their joyous strains.
(Repeat Refrain)


Verse 2
F               Am     Csus C F
Shepherds, why this  Jubilee?
F      C     F       F/C     C     F
Why your joyous strains prolong?
F             Am     Csus C   F
Say what may the tidings be,  
  F        C  F    F/A  F/C  C    F
Which inspire your heavenly song?
(Repeat Refrain)

Verse 3
  F        Am   Csus   C   F
Come to Bethlehem and see
 F     C     F        F/A     C  F
Him whose birth the angels sing;
F          Am       Csus C  F
Come, adore on bended knee
 F        C   F     F/A F/C  C     F
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.
(Repeat Refrain)

Verse 4
F          Am  Csus C  F
See Him in a manger laid,
F  C     F        F/C      C   F
Jesus, Lord of heaven and earth!
F        Am      Csus  C   F
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
F  C  F    F/A  F/C  C   F
celebrate our Savior's birth.
(Repeat Refrain)

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