Angels We Have Heard On High Chords & Guitar Lesson

Welcome to my Angels We Have Heard On High Chord chart. This isn’t a super hard Christmas song. There are quite a very chords, including an F chord, but you could get away with the Fmaj7 easier version.

Also be aware of the two different strumming patterns listed below for chord taking up full measures (4 beats) versus chord splitting a measure (2 beats per chord).

Angels We Have Heard On High Chords:

Angels We Have Heard On High Strumming Patterns:

Strumming:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D   D   D U D

Split Measures:
G         C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D   DU D    DU

Angels We Have Heard On High Guitar Lesson:

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Angels We Have Heard On High Chord Chart:

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Verse:
C                              |G            C|
Angels we have heard on high,
    C                         |G             C|
sweetly singing o'er the plains
C                                    |G      C|
And the mountains in reply,
C                           |G          C|
echoing their joyous strains

Refrain:
|C A7| |Dm G| |C F| G         C                G
Gloria . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . .   in excelsis Deo
|C A7| |Dm G| |C F| G         C                G
Gloria . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . .   in excelsis Deo

Verse:
C                         | G                 C|
Come to Bethlehem and see,
    C                                       |G         C|
Christ whose birth the angels sing
   C                             |G            C|
Come adore on bended knee,
     C                                |G            C|
Christ the Lord the newborn King

Refrain:
|C A7| |Dm G| |C F| G     C                    G
Gloria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in excelsis Deo
|C A7| |Dm G| |C F| G     C                    G
Gloria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in excelsis Deo

Verse:
C                       |G           C|
See Him in a manger laid,
     C                                |G             C|
whom the choirs of angels praise
  C                         |G            C|
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
    C                               |G           C|
while our hearts in love we raise

Refrain:
|C A7| |Dm G| |C F| G        C                    G
Gloria . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . .   in excelsis Deo
|C A7| |Dm G| |C F| G         C                  |G C|
Gloria . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . .   in excelsis Deo

This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

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