(Intro - Acoustic guitar establishes a fast, driving Country rhythm. Electric guitar comes in with a sharp, melodic riff based on the main "Gloria" melody. Drums are punchy and strong.) (D) (G) (D) (A) (D) (G) (D) (A) (Verse 1) (D) Saw the moon hanging cold and bright (G) Felt a strange tremor in the dead of the night (D) Just the shepherds keeping watch on the ground (A) When the strangest, sweetest sound came all around. (D) It wasn't the wind, wasn't the creek in the valley low (G) It was a light descending, putting on a heavenly show (D) And the air went electric, the stars faded fast (A) For a sound too big, too beautiful to last... unless it's true. (Pre-Chorus - The music builds with drum fills and a powerful guitar chord sequence.) (G) They dropped their staffs and they dropped their knees (D) Felt the holy power blowing through the trees (A) And the voice of the Angel was steady and clear (D) Driving out the midnight doubt and all the fear! (Chorus - Maximum full band power. Vocals are layered and belted out, driving into a massive, sustained harmony on the "Gloria" line.) (D) (G) (D) (A) Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o’er the plains (D) (G) (D) (A) And the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains! (D) (G) (D) (A) (SHOUTED/SUNG HARMONY): GLORIA! IN EXCELSIS DEO! (D) (G) (D) (A) GLORIA! ON THE BETHLEHEM SKY! (Verse 2) (D) They ran down to the village, their hearts beating fast (G) The kind of truth that's too good to last, but it did (D) Found the stable quiet, found the humble birth (A) The greatest revolution on the whole wide earth. (D) They didn't need a cathedral, didn't need a sign more bright (G) Just the fact of the promise breaking through the night (D) Looked at the baby, and they knew what they heard (A) The power of the silent, simple word. (Pre-Chorus - Building emotional intensity.) (G) They dropped their staffs and they dropped their knees (D) Felt the holy power blowing through the trees (A) And the voice of the Angel was steady and clear (D) Driving out the midnight doubt and all the fear! (Chorus - Maximum, anthemic power. Guitars are loud, drums are driving hard.) (D) (G) (D) (A) Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o’er the plains (D) (G) (D) (A) And the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains! (D) (G) (D) (A) (SHOUTED/SUNG HARMONY): GLORIA! IN EXCELSIS DEO! (D) (G) (D) (A) GLORIA! ON THE BETHLEHEM SKY! (Guitar Solo - Energetic, slightly twangy electric guitar solo over the chorus chords. Focus on melodic bends and rapid picking.) (D) (G) (D) (A) (D) (G) (D) (A) (Outro - The music drops back to the acoustic rhythm, slowly chanting the final lines before one last powerful blast.) (G) (D) (A) (Chanted, building intensity): Come to Bethlehem and see... (G) (D) (A) Him whose birth the angels sing... (D) (G) (D) (A) (FINAL, SHOUTED HARMONY): GLORIA! IN EXCELSIS DEO! (D)
