Guitar for Clergy

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Angels We Have Heard on High

Key of G · 4/4, "down, down-up" · Chords: G C D Em Am · Words: French carol, trans. James Chadwick · Later verses: same chords, from the hymnal

In the Gloria, change chords on every beat, one strum each. It is the best drill in the book.

G 2 1 3 D 1 3 2 Em 2 3 Am 2 3 1 C 3 2 1
G              D        G
Angels we have heard on high,
G               D        G
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
G                 D    G
And the mountains in reply
G              D      G
Echoing their joyous strains.

G    Em   Am   D    G    C    Am   D
Glo--o----o----o----o----o----o----ria,
G    C      D G
in excelsis Deo.
(sing the Gloria twice)

Course week: Week 6