Angels We Have Heard on High chords
Gloria... in Excelsis Deo
- Music & Lyrics: Traditional
- Performance: Soundiva Classical Choir
- Music: F Major in 4/4 time at ~120 bpm (♩)
- Chords: F, Gm, Am, Bb, C, C7, Dm
- Please Note: The performance is by a choir with no musical backing... still very easy to play along with.
- Beginners - the easiest key is C Major. If playing with the video, you will need a Capo on the 5th fret.
Chart Legend
Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note
















Angels We Have Heard on High
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key
F Am C F 1. An-gels we have heard on high F Am C7 F Sweet-ly sing-ing o'er the plains F Am C F And the moun-tains in re-ply F Am C7 F E - cho - ing their joy-ous strains F Dm Gm C7 F Bb C Chorus: Glo - o - o - o - o - o... O-o-o-o-o... O-o-o-o-o-ri-a F C F Gm F C In Ex - cel - sis De - o F Dm Gm C7 F Bb C Glo - o - o - o - o - o... O-o-o-o-o... O-o-o-o-o-ri-a F C F Gm F C F In Ex - cel - sis De - e - o F Am C F 2. She-pherds why this ju-bi-lee? F Am C7 F Why your joy-ous strains pro-long? F Am C F What the glad-some ti-dings be F Am C7 F Which in-spire your hea-ven-ly song? F Dm Gm C7 F Bb C Chorus: Glo - o - o - o - o - o... O-o-o-o-o... O-o-o-o-o-ri-a F C F Gm F C In Ex - cel - sis De - o F Dm Gm C7 F Bb C Glo - o - o - o - o - o... O-o-o-o-o... O-o-o-o-o-ri-a F C F Gm F C F In Ex - cel - sis De - e - o F Am C F 3. Come to Beth-le-hem and see F Am C7 F Him Whose birth the an-gels sing; F Am C F Come, a-dore on ben-ded knee F Am C7 F Christ the Lord, the new-born King F Dm Gm C7 F Bb C Chorus: Glo - o - o - o - o - o... O-o-o-o-o... O-o-o-o-o-ri-a F C F Gm F C In Ex - cel - sis De - o F Dm Gm C7 F Bb C Glo - o - o - o - o - o... O-o-o-o-o... O-o-o-o-o-ri-a F C F Gm F C F In Ex - cel - sis De - e - o F Am C F 4. See Him in a man-ger laid F Am C7 F Whom the choirs of an-gels praise; F Am C F Ma-ry, Jo-seph, lend your aid F Am C7 F While our hearts in love we raise F Dm Gm C7 F Bb C Chorus: Glo - o - o - o - o - o... O-o-o-o-o... O-o-o-o-o-ri-a F C F Gm F C In Ex - cel - sis De - o F Dm Gm C7 F Bb C Glo - o - o - o - o - o... O-o-o-o-o... O-o-o-o-o-ri-a F C F Gm F C F In Ex - cel - sis De - e - o...
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