Angels We Have Heard On High Chords

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Angels We Have Heard On High by Third Day is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D9, A/D, A, D/F#, G, D, Em7, Bm7 and D4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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(intro) D9 A/D D9 A/D 

(verso 1) 
D9             A/D       D9 
Angels we have heard on high 
D9              A/D      D9 
Sweetly singing o'er the plains 
D9                A/D    D9 
And the mountains in reply 
D9             A       D9 
Echoing their joyous strains 

( D9 A/D D9 A/D ) 

(verso 2) 
D9                 A/D    D9 
Shepherds why this ju-  bilee 
D9              A/D        D9 
Why your joyous strains prolong 
D9                A/D     D9 
What the gladsome tidings be 
D9                 A/D      D9 
Which inspire your heavenly song 

 
D/F# G D/F# A 
Glo-        ria 
D    Em7    G A D9 
In excelsis Deo 
A  D/F# G A 
Gloria 

(verso 3) 
D9            A/D     D9 
Come to Bethlehem and see 
D9                  A/D    D9 
Him whose birth the angels sing 
D9             A/D    D9 
Come adore on bended knee 
D9                   A      D9 
Christ the Lord the newborn King 

 
D/F# G D/F# A 
Glo-        ria 
D    Em7    G A 
In excelsis Deo 
D/F# G D A 
Glo-     ria 
Em7  Bm7    G A D9 
In excelsis Deo 
A  D/F# G A   D9 A  D/F# G A 
Gloria,   Gloria,Gloria 

(verso 4) 
D9           A/D    D9 
See Him in a manger lay 
D9             A/D       D9 
Jesus,Lord of heaven and earth 
D9          A/D       D9 
Mary,Joseph,lend your aid 
D9                A       D9 
With us sing our Savior's birth 

 
D/F# G D/F# A 
Glo-        ria 
D    Em7    G A 
In excelsis Deo 
D/F# G D A 
Glo- ria 
Em7  D/F#   G A 
In excelsis Deo 
Em7  Bm7    G A 
In excelsis Deo 
Em7  D/F#   G A 
In excelsis Deo 

( D D4 D9 D D4 D9 ) (2x) 

( D ) 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante