F  Gm  F  Gm  F  Gm  F  Gm

[Verse 1]
F                     C       F
Joy to the world, the Lord is come
    Bb      C         F
Let earth receive her King
    F     C        F        C
Let every heart prepare Him room
    F                           C
And heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing
    Bb          F           C     F
And heaven, and heaven and nature sing

[Chorus]
    F        C
The joy, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength (Yes, it is)
    F            C
The joy, oh, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength
   F  Bb        F      Bb
Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope
    F        C
The joy, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength (Oh)

[Tag]
F         C         F         C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
F         C         F         
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh

[Verse 2]
F                     C      F
Joy to the world, the Savior reigns
    Bb        C     F
Let men their songs employ
      F          C              F          C
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
  F                      C
Repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy
  Bb      F         C       F
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

[Chorus]
    F        C
The joy, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength (Yes, it is)
    F            C
The joy, oh, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength
   F  Bb        F       Bb
Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope
    F        C
The joy, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength (Oh)

[Tag]
F         C         F         C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
F         C         F         
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh 

[Verse 3]
F                       C         F
He rules the world with truth and grace
    Bb        C       F
And makes the nations prove
    F       C      F        C
The glories of His righteousness
    F              Bb         C              F
And wonders of His love, and wonders of His love
    Bb       F       C      F
And wonders, wonders of His love (oooooooah, his love, the joy, o Lord!)

[Chorus]
    F        C
The joy, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength (Yes, it is)
    F            C
The joy, oh, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength
   F  Bb        F       Bb
Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope
    F        C
The joy, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength (Oh)

[Chorus]
    F        C
The joy, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength (Yes, it is)
    F            C
The joy, oh, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength
   F  Bb        F       Bb
Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope
    F        C
The joy, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength (Oh)

[Bridge]
C              F                   C              F
The joy right, the strength right, the joy right, the strength right
C              F                   C              F
The joy right, the strength right, the joy right, the strength right
C              F                   C              F
The joy right, the strength right, the joy right, the strength right
C              F                   C
The joy right, the strength right, the joy right

[Bridge 2]
F         C         F         C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
 
               Naomi Raine:
F
Oh oh oh       Oh, there's a feeling burning in my soul...
C                     
Oh oh oh
F         C        
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh 
F
I got this joy,
         C
it won't let me go...
F         C         F         C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
F
Just like the fire
            C
should have been my bones...
F
Not just a feeling,
      C
Its a living hope...
F         C         F         C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
F
Oh, there's a feeling
        C
burning in my soul...
F
I've got this joy
             C
And it won't let me go...
F         C         F         C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
F
Just like the fire
            C
Should have been my bones...
F
Not just a feeling,
C
It's a living hope...
F         C         F         C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
F
Oh, there's a feeling
        Bb
burning in my soul...
F
I've got this joy
             Bb
And it won't let me go...
F         C         F         C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Bb
Just like the fire
            F
Should have been my bones...
Bb
Not just a feeling,
       F
It's a living hope... (its like a fire)
Bb
Just like the fire
            F
Should have been my bones...
Bb
Not just a feeling, (I got a feeling)
       F
It's a living hope... (Oh, just like a fire...)
C
Just like the fire
            F
Should have been my bones... (Should have been my bones, I got a feeling...)
C
Not just a feeling,
       F
It's a living hope... (its like a fire)
C
Just like the fire
            F
Should have been my bones... (Not just a feeling...)
C
Not just a feeling,
       F
It's a living hope... (Oh, just like a fire...)
C
Just like the fire
            F
Should have been my bones... (Not just a feeling...)
C
Not just a feeling,
       F
It's a living hope... (Not just a feeling...)
C
Not just a feeling,
       F
It's a living hope... (Not just a feeling...)
C
Not just a feeling,
       F
It's a living hope... (Not just a feeling...)
C
Not just a feeling,
       F
It's a living hope... (Not just a feeling...)
F
Its a living hope...its a living hope...
F
Its a living hope...its a living hope...
F
Its a living hope...its a living hope...
F
Its a living hope...its a living hope...

[Bridge 2]
F               Dm
This joy that I had...
    F             Gm
The ones that I'm given...
       F               C
To the ones that can't take it away...
    F                 C
The one can't take it away
F               Dm
This joy that I had...
    F                   Gm
The ones that have been given to me...
    F            C
The world didn't give it to me...
           F             C
I said the world didn't give it to me...
            F            C
He said the world didn't give it to me...
                    F
And the world can't take it away (the world can't take it away)
        C           F
And the world can't take it away (the world can't take it away)
    C           F
The world can't take it away (the world can't take it away)
    C           F
The world can't take it away (the world can't take it away)
    C           F
The world can't take it away (Dissapointment can't take it away)
    c           F
The world can't take it away 
    C           F
The world can't take it away (it doesn't matter what they do, the world can't take it away)
    C           F
The world can't take it away (the world can't take it away)
    C           F
The world can't take it away (the world can't take it away....)
    C           F
The world can't take it away (this joy in my heart)
    C           F
The world can't take it away (Like everything else, it remains in my heart...)
    C           F
The world can't take it away (No, the world can't take it away...)
    C           F
The world can't take it away (The cross, it keeps it)
    C           F
The world can't take it away 
    C           F
The world can't take it away (sing it in the same voice)
    C           F
The world can't take it away (the world can't take it away)
    C           F
The world can't take it away (we're about to come out of this place...)
    C           F
The world can't take it away

[Instrumental]
C F C F C F C F

[Tag]
F         C         F         C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
F         C         F         C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
F         C         F         C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh

(music and voices subside)

[Chorus]  
    F        C
The joy, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength
    F            C
The joy, oh, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength
   F  Bb        F       Bb
Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope  (Ooooooah...)
   F  Bb                F       Bb
Oh-oh-oh, (yes he is!) He is my hope 
   F  Bb        F       Bb
Oh-oh-oh,(I can face tomorrow) He is my hope (I can face tomorrow, cause he is my...)
   F  Bb        F       Bb
Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope  (We don't understand it all...)
   F  Bb        F       Bb
Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope  (We don't understand it all, but I don't have to, cause you are...)
   F  Bb        F       Bb
Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope  (The joy...)
    F        C
The joy, the joy
    Bb                    F
The joy of the Lord is my strength (Oh)