An Angel From On High chords by Songs Of Praise

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
G             D  G   C
An angel from on high
C   D          G C     G     D
The long, long silence broke;
G               D   G   C
Descending from the sky,
Am    C                 D
These gracious words he spoke:
G                C   G  D
Lo! in Cumorah’s lonely hill
G               C    G  D
A sacred record lies concealed.
G   C  G D       G      D
Lo! in Cumorah’s lonely hill
D G      C      D       G
A sacred record lies concealed.

Verse 2:
G             D    G   C
Sealed by Moroni’s hand,
C  D       G C   G    D
It has for a-ges lain
G                  D  G   C
To wait the Lord’s command,
Am   C              D
From dust to speak again.
G                 C     G    D
It shall again to light come forth
G                    C     G  D
To usher in Christ’s reign on earth.
G  C     G D       G          D
It shall a-gain to light come forth
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To usher in Christ’s reign on earth.

Verse 3:
G              D      G   C
It speaks of Joseph’s seed
C   D         G  C    G     D
And makes the remnant known
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Of nations long since dead,
Am  C               D
Who once had dwelt alone.
G                  C  G    D
The fulness of the gospel, too,
G                C    G  D
Its pages will reveal to view.
G   C  G    D      G       D
The fulness of the gospel, too,
D   G     C      D       G
Its pages will reveal to view.

Verse 4:
G               D  G      C
The time is now fulfilled,
C   D      G  C   G   D
The long-expected day;
G            D      G    C
Let earth obedience yield
Am  C              D
And darkness flee away.
G                    C    G D
Remove the seals; be wide unfurled
G                   C  G   D
Its light and glory to the world.
G C    G   D         G      D
Remove the seals; be wide unfurled
D   G         C     D      G
Its light and glory to the world.

Verse 5:
G                 D    G   C
Lo! Israel filled with joy
C     D      G C      G    D
Shall now be gathered home,
G                      D G   C
Their wealth and means employ
Am C           D
To build Jerusalem,
G                 C    G   D
While Zion shall arise and shine
G                       C     G D
And fill the earth with truth divine.
G     C G  D      G        D
While Zion shall arise and shine
D   G        C          D       G
And fill the earth with truth divine.