JOY TO THE WORLD
Words: Isaac Watts
Tune: Lowell Mason
VERSE 1
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JOY TO THE WORLD THE LORD IS COME. LET EARTH RE-CEIVE HER KING;
C F C C F C
LET EV-R-Y HEART, PRE-PARE HIM ROOM.
C G
AND HEAV’N AND NATURE SING, AND HEAV’N AND NATURE SING
C F C F C G C
AND HEAV’N, AND HEAV’N AND NA-TURE SING.
VERSE 2
C F C F C G C F G C
JOY TO THE WORLD THE SAV-IOR REIGNS, LET US OUR SONGS EM-PLOY
C F C C F C
WHILE FIELDS AND FLOODS, ROCKS, HILLS AND PLAINS,
C G
RE-PEAT THE SOUNDING JOY, RE-PEAT THE SOUNDING JOY,
C F C F C G C
RE-PEAT, RE-PEAT, THE SOUND-ING JOY.
VERSE 3
C F C F C G C F G C
NO MORE LET SINS AND SOR-ROWS GROW, NOR THORNS IN-FEST THE GROUND
C F C C F C
HE COMES TO MAKE HIS BLES-SINGS FLOW,
C G
FAR AS THE CURSE IS FOUND, FAR AS THE CURSE IS FOUND,
C F C F C G C
FAR AS, FAR AS THE CURSE IS FOUND.
VERSE 4
C F C F C G C F G C
HE RULES THE WORLD, WITH TRUTH AND GRACE, AND MAKES THE NATIONS PROVE.
C F C C F C
THE GLO-RIES OF HIS RIGHT-EOUS-NESS,
C G
AND WONDERS OF HIS LOVE, AND WONDERS OF HIS LOVE,
C F C F C G C
AND WONDERS, WON-DERS OF HIS LOVE.
