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JOY TO THE WORLD

Key = D

Verse 1
D                 Em  D    A7 D
Joy to the world! The Lord is come!
    G       A         D
Let earth receive her King!
D
Let every heart prepare Him room,
D
And heav'n and nature sing,
A                     A7
and heav'n and nature sing,
    D      G   D/F#   Em  D/A  A7   D
and heav'n and heav'n and na - ture sing!

Verse 2
D                 G   A      Bm 
Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns;
    G         A       Bm
Let men their songs employ;
      G         D/F#           G          D/F#
While field and floods, rocks, hills, and plains.
Bm
Repeat the sounding joy,
A                   A7
Repeat the sounding joy,
  D     G D    Em7  D/A A7   D
Repeat, repeat the  sounding joy.

Verse 3
D                G   D/A   A7   D
No more let sins and sor - rows grow
    G        A        D
Nor thorns infest the ground
   D
He comes to make his blessings flow
D
Far as the curse is found
A                   A7
Far as the curse is found
    D   G   D/F# Em  D/A   A7 D
Far as, far as   the curse is found

Verse 4
D                  Em   D     A7  D
He rules the world with truth and grace
    G         A       D
And makes the nations prove
D   G       D      G        D
The glories of His righteousness,
D
And wonders of His love,
A                  A7
And wonders of His love,
    D       G   D  Em7  D/A  A7  D
And wonders and wonders of   His love.