Joy To The World Chords
Joy To The World by August Burns Red is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning:Drop C
Some parts might be wrong since I learned this really quick and I didn't include the acoustic, but maybe
over time I'll learn it and post it here or if you learn it then let me know or make your own version
thanks and good luck.
Intro
e|-16b17-16-1412~---------12-14~1416~1617~-|/1717-16141212-910|x2------------|
B|---------------1514-12-------------------|------------------|--------------|
G|----------------------9*-----------------|------------------|--------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-999-91012-109-777-7910-9h10p9p7\5-/17-1412--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------1514-1514-12-10-----------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------6-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7--6-4-2-------7-----------------2-4--7p4-4-6--9p6-6-7--11p7--6h76-7*-----|
A|----------4h5p4----45-4h5p4\2-0--------------------------------------------|
E|--00-0-0-0-------00--0-------------0-00---0-0-00---0-0-00----00------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-|14-14-13-11-9-9-76|x2-6-6-6-6h7h9-9-9-764-4-4-4h6h7----------------------|
D|-|------------------|------------------------------------------14----------|
A|-|--0--0--0--0-0-0--|----0-0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-0------0000000--12----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------0000000--------------|
Breakdown
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------0x5-0-0x4-0-0-0000000----------0x5-0-0x4-0-0----000000------|
A|-9-7-54-54-2-0-0---0-0---0-0-0000000----------0---0-0---0-0----000000------|
E|---------------0---0-0---0-0-0000000-24-00-47-0---0-0---0-0-\--000000------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|After you play this you'll play
B|-101010101097--------------------------------------------------------------|the first part of the breakdown
G|-------------97------------------------------------------------------------|where you play 24-00-47 then
D|---------------911---------------------------------------------------------|you'll play the next part except
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|<----for this. You'll play
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---00-0------|
E|24-00-0------|
Too lazy to put all the zeros,
sorry XD
Solo
e|---------------------577-7b-5-------------------------------1214/17~-------|
B|-------------------57--------------------------------10-1214---------------|
G|-6b-4----6b-4----46-----------2/11------14-----6/9-11----------------------|
D|-----747-----747------------------121112-----79----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------79------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-/17------172117------------------------------------1214/17-/171717--------|
B|----191719------1917---------------1012/141210--1214---------------191919--|
G|--------------------181718-14~--911-----------11---------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----212121-17~------------------------------------------------------------|
B|14/16----------10/14/17-17h19p17-15h17p15-14h15p14-12h14p12-10~------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
xx x x x x x x x x
e|-5--7-9p5-5-5-7-5-7p5-5-9p5-1097-----------14------17~---------------------|
B|--55-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5--------107107-5/14--151415------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------6764646/------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-9h10p9---9-7910---------------17181921~-24b26-24~-22~-222422-21~----------|The beginning of this section is
B|-------710-------12131417~-1917--------------------------------------------|probably wrong.
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-222422-21-22-21-19-21-19-17-19-19b21-17---------17~19b21-17~--------------|
B|----------------------------------------1917-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------181718-------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x xx x xxxx x xx x x x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7--7-7--2-2--2-2--0-0--0-0--7-77-7-7777-2-22-2-2-2----------------------|
A|-7-7--7-7--2-2--2-2--0-0--0-0--7-77-7-7777-2-22-2-2-2----------------------|
E|-7-7--7-7--2-2--2-2--0-0--0-0--7-77-7-7777-2-22-2-2-2----------------------|
xxx xxx xxx
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|Strum the power chords that
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|aren't palm muted multiple times.
G|---------911-1113-1314-----------------------------------------------------|(except for the last one)
D|-7-2-7-----------------777-777--7-2--000--14--11-9-76-76-4---0-------------|
A|-7-2-7-----------------777-777--7-2--000--12--9--7-54-54-2---0-------------|
E|-7-2-7-----------------777-777--7-2--000---------------------0-------------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| * pinch harmonic
| x Palm Mute
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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