Joy To The World Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays687

Joy To The World by Three Dog Night is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords C, C#, D, D7, G, A and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			  
C C# D                       C C# D                     C C# D    
      Jeremiah was a bullfrog      was a good friend of mine    
 D          D7                 G                  D             A        D 
 I never understood a single word he said  but I helped him to drink his wine.   
  D                       A           D 
 And he always had some mighty fine wine  singin`   
  
  D               A                 D   
 Joy to the world.  All the boys and girls  now.   
 D           D7            G              D      A       D     
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea  joy to you and me.   
   
   
 C C# D                                C C# D                  C C# D  
      If I were the king of the world      I tell you what I`d do   
     D                  D7             G                  D            A        D  
    I`d throw away the cars  and the bars  and the war and make sweet love to you    
  D              A        D 
 and make sweet love to you  singin` now  
   
 Refrain.   
    
Instrumental break  


  C C# D                          C C# D                    C C# D  
      You know I love the ladies          love to have my fun   
   D          D7              G                  
    I`m a highlight flyer and a rainbow rider    
   D                A           D  
 a straight shootin` son of a gun  alright!     
   D                        A         D  
 I said a straight shootin` son of a gun.   
  
   Refrain.   

 D                  A                 D   
 Joy to the world.  All the boys and girls  now.   
 D          D7             G             D     A       D      
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea  joy to you and me.  

  
 D                  A                 D   
 Joy to the world.  All the boys and girls     
 D          D7             G             D     A       D   C C#    
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea  joy to you and me. 
    
  
    E                  A                 E  
   Joy to the world.   All the boys and girls.    
   E                    A            E 
   Joy to the world.   Joy to you and me.  

    D                  A                 D   
   Joy to the world.   All the boys and girls.    
   D          D7           G              D     A       D      
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea  joy to you and me. 

   
   Repeat and fade.    
  


    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante