Angels We Have Heard On High

 
              
Verse one 
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Angels we have heard on high 
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Sweetly singing o'er the plains 
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And the mountains in reply 
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Echoing their joyous strains. 
 
Verse two 
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Shepherds, why this jubilee 
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Why your joyous strains prolong 
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What the gladsome tidings be 
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Which inspire your heavenly song  
Refrain one 
E/G#    A   E/G#   B  E   F#m     A B (Turn) E B G#m A 
Gloria,               in excelsis Deo 
 
Verse three 
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Come to Bethlehem and see 
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Christ Whose birth the angels sing; 
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Come, adore on bended knee, 
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Christ the Lord, the newborn King 
Refrain two 
E/G#    A   E/G#   B  E   F#m   A B 
Gloria,               in excelsis Deo 
E/G#    A E B F#m  C#m  A B E (Turn) E B G#m A E B G#m A 
Gloria,       in excelsis Deo 
 
Verse four  
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See Him in a manger laid 
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Jesus Lord of Heaven and earth 
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Mary, Joseph, lend your aid 
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With the singing of Saviour's birth 
 
Refrain three 
 E/G#   A E/G#   B E   F#m  A B 
Gloria,            in excelsis Deo 
E/G#    A E    B E   F#m     A B 
Gloria,          in excelsis Deo 
E   C#m     A   B E   F#m     A   B E B E B 
in excelsis Deo,   in excelsis Deo