Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones Chords
Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones by John Athelstan Laurie Riley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, G, F, G7, Am7, F7 and Dm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C Am G C Am G
1.Ye watchers and ye holy ones, bright seraphs, cheru-bim, and thrones,
C F C Am G
raise the glad strain, Al-le-lu-ia!
C G7 C F G Am7 C F7 C
Cry out, do-min-ions, prince-doms, powers, vir-tues, arch-angels, angels' choirs:
Refrain: (after each verse)
F7 C F7 G Am G Am7 G Am7 G7 F C Dm7 G C
Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu---ia!
C Am G C Am G
2. O higher than the cheru-bim, more glorious than the sera-phim,
C F C Am G
lead their prais-es, Al-le-lu-ia!
C G7 C F G Am7 C F7 C
Thou bearer of th'e-te-nal Word, most gracious, mag-ni-fy the Lord:
C Am G C Am G
3. Respond, ye souls in endless rest, ye patriarchs and prophets blest,
C F C Am G
Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia!
C G7 C F G Am7 C F7 C
Ye holy twelve, ye mar-tyrs strong, all saints tri-um-phant, raise the song:
C Am G C Am G
4. O friends, in gladness let us sing, supernal anthems echo-ing,
C F C Am G
Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia!
C G7 C F G Am7 C F7 C
To God the Fa-ther, God the Son, and God the Spir-it, Three in One:
(This song uses the same tune as "All Creatures of Our God and King")