Hymn – “The Hymn of Joy” /  “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”

(key of E)

{Written: Henry van Dyke (1907) ;  Ludwig van Beethoven‘s final symphony, Symphony No. 9}

E                           A                              E                                B

Joyful, joyful,         we adore      Thee,  God of      glo-      ry, Lord   of love;

All Thy works with joy surround Thee,  Earth and heaven reflect    Thy rays;

Thou art giving      and forgiv-    ing,      Ever         bless-  ing,     ever blest;

Mortals, join the    happy chor-   us,      Which the morn-  ing stars began;

E                           A                               E/B                          B      E

Hearts unfold  like flow’rs before Thee,  Opening to      the    sun  above.

Stars and an-  gels sing   around Thee, Center   of       un-    bro- ken praise.

Well-spring of the joy       of living,          Ocean   depth of      hap-py rest!

Father love     is reign-     ing o'er us,     Brother   love  binds man to man.

B              {E}            B             {A}         B             C#m         A            B

Melt the   clouds of sin and    sadness,   Drive the dark   of   doubt a-  way;

Field and forest,     vale and   mountain, Flowery   meadow, flash- ing seas,

Thou our Father,    Christ our brother,    All who    live     in   love   are Thine;

Ever        singing,   march we onward,    Victors    in        the midst of   strife;

E                           A                                E/B                         B      E

Giver of           immor-    tal gladness,     Fill us   with the    light  of  day.

Chanting bird  and flow- ing fountain,     Call us to    re-     joice  in Thee.

Teach us how to love    each other;        Lift us   to    the    joy     di- vine.

Joyful mu-       sic leads us sunward,      in the    tri-  umph song of  life.