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Joy to the World: guitar chords and tab for beginners
United States, 1839
Joy to the World
by Lowell Mason
- Tempo
- 100beats per minute
- Count
- 2beats in each bar
- Key
- C majorthe home note
- Level
- 1 of 3easiest
Level 1. Strum one chord per beat. Start here.
Chord names above, strum arrows below. Down arrow = strum down toward the floor, up arrow = back up.
Hold this chord
Coming up: G7
Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Space bar plays and pauses. Left and right arrows jump a bar.
The chords
The chords in Joy to the World
3 chords, all open shapes: C, G7, F. 2 beats in each bar, 100 beats per minute, in C major.
About the song
Isaac Watts wrote the words in 1719 and Lowell Mason set them to this tune in 1839. The opening is a major scale from top to bottom, every note in order, which makes it the best scale practice on the site. We play it down low, on the middle strings.
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