Joy to the World — chord chart in any key
Isaac Watts, 1719. Tune: ANTIOCH. Public domain, free to print.
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Verse 1
DJoy to the world! the Lord Ais Dcome!
Let Gearth reAceive her DKing;
Let Devery heart prepare Him room,
And Dheaven and nature sing,
And Aheaven and nature A7sing,
And Dheaven, Gand Dheaven, Gand DnaAture Dsing.
Verse 2
DJoy to the earth! the SavAior Dreigns!
Let Gmen their Asongs emDploy;
While Dfields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
ReDpeat the sounding joy,
ReApeat the sounding A7joy,
ReDpeat, GreDpeat Gthe DsoundAing Djoy.
Verse 3
DNo more let sins and sorArows Dgrow,
Nor Gthorns inAfest the Dground;
He Dcomes to make His blessings flow
Far Das the curse is found,
Far Aas the curse is A7found,
Far Das, Gfar Das Gthe Dcurse Ais Dfound.
Verse 4
DHe rules the world with truth Aand Dgrace,
And Gmakes the Anations Dprove
The Dglories of His righteousness,
And Dwonders of His love,
And Awonders of His A7love,
And DwonGders, DwonGders Dof AHis Dlove.
Isaac Watts published this paraphrase of Psalm 98 in The Psalms of David Imitated in 1719. Lowell Mason issued the tune ANTIOCH in the 1830s, the old credit to Handel is disputed, and the meter is common meter, 8.6.8.6, with repeats.