Go Tell It on the Mountain

Key of G · 4/4, "down, down-up" · Chords: G C D Em · Words: African American spiritual, verses by John W. Work Jr. · Begin and end with the refrain · Verses 2–3: same chords, from the hymnal

Refrain:
G
Go, tell it on the mountain,
C                  G
Over the hills and everywhere;
G                  Em
Go, tell it on the mountain
     D                G
That Jesus Christ is born.

Verse 1:
G                          C
While shepherds kept their watching
     G
O'er silent flocks by night,
G                     C
Behold throughout the heavens
       D
There shone a holy light.

Course week: Week 6