Angels We Have Heard on High (Part 1)

by Unknown · posted by pcguyiv

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

This is to be played along with Parts 2 & 3.
Part 2 should be on a harmonica in the same key.
Part 3 should be on a harmonica in the same key,
but 1 octave lower.

8 8 -8 8  9    9     -9 8 -8
Angels we have heard on high,

8    8 -8 8   9   8   -8  7
Sweetly-- singing oer the plains.

8   8 -8 8   9     9  -9 8 -8
And the- mountains in re-ply-,

8  8 -8 8   9     8  -8  7
Echo----ing their joyous strains.


CHORUS

9 8 -10 9 -9 8 -9 -8 9 -9 -8 -8 8 7 -9 8 -8 7 -8 9 9
Glo----------------------------------------------ria,

9  -9 8  -8  7 -7 7
In ex-celsis de---o!

9 8 -10 9 -9 8 -9 -8 9 -9 -8 -8 8 7 -9 8 -8 7 -8 9 9
Glo----------------------------------------------ria,

9  -9 8  -8  7 -7 7
In ex-celsis de---o!


Shepherds, why this Jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be,
Which inspire your heavenly song?

CHORUS

Come to Bethlehem and see,
Him whose birth the angels sing.
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.

CHORUS

See Him in a manger laid,
Jesus, Lord of heaven and earth!
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
With us sing our Savior's birth.

CHORUS

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound