Em
God rest ye merry gentlemen
    C              B
Let nothing you dismay
  Em
Remember Christ our Saviour
    C                 B
Was born on Christmas Day
   Am               G
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
     Em              D
When we were gone astray

[Chorus]
  G          B           Em
O tidings of comfort and joy
            D
Comfort and joy
  G          B           Em
O tidings of comfort and joy (joy, joy, joy)
                              2nd time
[Verse 2]
     Em
From God our heavenly Father
   C            B
A blessed angel came
    Em
And unto certain shepherds
        C              B
Brought tidings of the same
    Am             G
How that in Bethle-hem was born
    Em             D
The Son  of God by name

[Verse 3]
E                    A    B  C#m7
Joy to the world the Lord is come
    A        B         C#m7
Let earth re-ceive her King
    A     E         A        E
Let every heart pre-pare Him room
    C#m7
And heaven and nature sing
    B
And heaven and nature sing
    A          F#m        B      E
And heaven and heaven and nature sing

[Verse 4]
E                       A     B   C#m7
He rules the world with truth and grace
    A         B       C#m7
And makes the nations prove
    A       E      A         E
The glories of His righteous-ness
    C#m7
And wonders of His love
    B
And wonders of His love
    A           F#m     B      Em
And wonders and wonders of His love

[Verse 5]
    Em
Now to the Lord sing praises
    C               B
All you within this place
    Em
And with true love and brotherhood
     C            B
Each other now em-brace
     Am           G
This holy tide of Christmas
    Em          D
All others doth deface

[Chorus]
  G          B           Em
O tidings of comfort and joy
            D
Comfort and joy
  G          B           Em
O tidings of comfort and joy