O Be Joyful Chords
O Be Joyful by Shovels And Rope is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords G, A, E, D and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G A G A G
A
O' Be Joyful, is that what you're brewing
G A
Does your daddy know that's what you're doing
His little girl's got her reputation out to ruin
G E (G)
She was giving them the country wave
A
Machete in a tree stump, hound dog on a chain
G A
Wooden legged woman playing the banjo in the rain
She can't recall the tune but the song is always the same
G E
"Jesus, give me strength"
D E A F#m
Babe, it's alright, gonna wrap you up tonight
D E (G) A G A G
And carry you out right on time
A
She got Comanche, she got Iroquois
G A
She got a young man that she plays with like a toy
And he don't mind when she calls him little boy
G E
That's a thing that he enjoy
(G) A
He wants to get it all back but it's a little too late
G A
He wants to start all over, wants a shiny clean slate
But she'll skin him like a snake and hang him up over the gate
G E
Don't believe it, well just you wait
D E A F#m
Babe, it's alright, gonna wrap you up tonight
D E (G) A
And carry you out right on time
G A G A G
Hey alright, ain't it good to be alive
A D E (G)
Ain't it nice to be fighting on the winning side
A G A G A G A G A