• Song:

    Angels We Have Heard On High

  • Artist:

    Third Day

  • Album:

    Christmas Offerings

Intro: Guitar Figure (4 bars over E B E)

Verse1
E              B        E
Angels we have heard on high
E               B        E
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
E                 B    E
And the mountains in reply
E             B      E
Echoing their joyous strains.
E             B      E (x2) (w/ keyboard figure)

Verse2
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be?
Which inspire your heavenly song?

Chorus1
E/G#    A   E/G#   B    E   F#m    A   B
Gloria,______________ in excelsis Deo!

Turn: E - B - G#m  A  B (w/ keyboard figure)

Verse3
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Chorus2
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
Gloria,______________  in excelsis Deo!

Turn: E - B - G#m  A   B (2x w/ keyboard figure)

Verse4
See Him in the manger lay
Jesus, Lord of heav?n and earth
Mary Joseph, lend your aid
With us sing our Savior's birth

Chorus3
E/G#    A   E/G#   B      E    F#m    A   B
Gloria,______________     in excelsis Deo!
E/G#    A     E    B      F#m  G#m    A   B
Gloria,______________     in excelsis Deo!
F#m  C#m    A   B
in excelsis Deo!
F#m  G#m    A   B
in excelsis Deo!

End
E - B (x4) (keyboard figure)
E

This version matches the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO3tqaHyNJM
The guitar figure and keyboard figure are pretty easy.
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