Angels We Have Heard on High

(C/*E, 4/4 Old French Carol)

Verse 1
C              G        C              C       G        C
Angels we have heard on high, Sweet-ly singing o'er the plains
                  G     C           C          G      C
And the mountains in re-ply, Ech-o  back their joyous strains.

Verse 2
C                   G    C              C      G           C
Shepherds, why this jubi-lee?  Why your joyous strains pro-long?
                  G       C            C          G        C
Say, what may the tidings be, Which in-spire your heav'nly song?

Verse 3
C              G        C             C         G      C
Come to Bethle-hem, and see Him whose birth the angels sing;
               G      C                C         G       C
Come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Verse 4
C            G      C             C       G          C
See within a manger laid, Je-sus, Lord of heav'n and earth!
              G        C            C        G        C
Mary, Joseph, lend you aid, With us sing our Savior's birth.

Chorus
C   A - Dm - G - C - F - G       Am G  C   F   C  G
Glo ----------------------  ria, in ex-cel-sis De-o,
C   A - Dm - G - C - F - G       Am G  C   F   C  G  C
Glo ----------------------- ria, in ex-cel-sis De----o.