Verse 1: 
 
GAngels we have heard on high
 
Sweetly singing o?er the plains 
 
And the mountains in reply 
 
Echoing their joyous strains 
 
Chorus 1: 
 
GGlo Em    Am    D    G    C    D  ria    
 
GIn excelsis DDeo 
 
Verse 2: 
 
GShepherds, why this jubilee?
 
Why your joyous strains prolong? 
 
What the gladsome tidings be 
 
Which inspire your heav?nly song 
 
Chorus 2: 
 
GGlo Em    Am    D    G    C    D  ria    
 
GIn excelsis DDeo 
 
GGlo Em    Am    D    G    C    D  ria     
 
GIn excelsis DDeo G
 
Verse 3: 
 
GCome to Bethlehem and see
 
Christ whose birth the angels sing 
 
Come adore on bended knee 
 
Christ the Lord, the newborn King 
 
Verse 4: 
 
GSee Him in a manger laid
 
Whom the choirs of angels praise 
 
Mary, Joseph, lend you aid 
 
While our hearts in love we raise