Angels We Have Heard On High
French Carol

Verse 1:

F              C7       F
Angels we have heard on high

                Am   G7  F
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,

F   Am  F         C7   F
And the mountains in reply

    Gm7  F          C7     F
Ech-o    back their joyous strains.

Chorus:

F   D   Gm  C7  Fmaj7  Bb  C
Glo -   -   -   -      -   -  ria

F  C  F  Bb  F/C  C7
in ex-celsis D -  eo,

F   D   Gm  C7  Fmaj7  Bb  C
Glo -   -   -   -      -   -  ria

F  C  F  Bb  F/C  C7  F
in ex-celsis D - - -  eo.

Verse 2:

Shepherds why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
Say what may the tidings be,
Which inspire your heavenly song?

repeat Chorus


Verse 3:

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

repeat Chorus

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