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
D G   C      D    G
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
G        D   G  C
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.