Gloria in Excelsis "Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Latin for "Glory to God in the highest") is a hymn known also as the Greater Doxology (as distinguished from the "Minor Doxology" or Gloria Patri) and the Angelic Hymn.[1][2] The name is often abbreviated to Gloria in Excelsis or simply Gloria. D G A E A Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. G D G D A D G A We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glo - ri - fy thee,
D A we give thanks to thee for thy great glo - ry, D A E A O o Lord God, heaven - - - - ly King, D G D G D God the fa - ther al - might - - - - ty. G A D O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; G A D O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, G C G D A that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. G C G D Thou that takest away the sins of the world, re - ceive our prayer. G D G D A D Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Fa - ther, have mercy up - on us. G A E A D For thou on - ly art ho - - ly; thou only art the Lord; A D A E A D G D G D thou only, O Christ with the Ho - ly Ghost art most high in the glory of God the Fa - ther D G D A D A D A - - - - - - - - - - men.