Key: E
Introduction:
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Angels we have heard on high
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Sweetly singing o'er the plains
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And the mountains in reply
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Echoing their joyous strains.
Verse two
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Shepherds, why this jubilee
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Why your joyous strains prolong
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What the gladsome tidings be
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Which inspire your heavenly song
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Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Verse three
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Come to Bethlehem and see
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Christ Whose birth the angels sing
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Come, adore on bended knee,
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Christ the Lord, the newborn King
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Gloria, in excelsis Deo
E/G# A E B F#m C#m A BE E B G#mA E B G#mA
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Verse four
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See Him in a manger laid
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Jesus Lord of Heaven and earth
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Mary, Joseph, lend your aid
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With the singing of Saviour's birth
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Gloria, in excelsis Deo
E/G# A E BE F#m A B
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
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in excelsis Deo, in excelsis Deo
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