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Chords and Lyrics for Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain

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Music by Johann Horn
Words by St. John of Damascus (Translated by John Mason Neale)
Tune: GAUDEAMUS PARITER

VERSE 1

G         D         Em    D   G 
Come, you faithful, raise the strain

C  D  C G     Dsus4 D G 
of triumphant glad----ness!

        D           Em D G 
God has brought his Is-rael

C D  C   G    Dsus4 D G 
into joy from sad-----ness;

       C    D   C     G      D 
loosed from Pharaoh's bitter yoke

G Am    G    D   Asus4 A D 
Jacob's sons and daugh---ters;

Em       D      Em   D    G 
led them with unmoistened foot

C       G   C   G   C  D G 
through the Red Sea wa---ters.

VERSE 2

 G       D         Em    D G 
'Tis the spring of souls today:

C      D   C     G   Dsus4 D G 
Christ has burst his pris----on,

         D           Em    D  G 
and from three days' sleep in death

C  D C   G   Dsus4 D G 
as a sun has ris-----en.

    C   D  C   G      D 
All the winter of our sins,

G    Am  G     D  Asus4 A D 
long and dark, is fly-----ing

Em       D         Em   D  G 
from the Light, to whom we give

C    G   C      G C  D G 
laud and praise undy---ing.

VERSE 3

G       D        Em D     G 
Now the queen of seasons, bright

C    D   C   G  Dsus4 D G 
with the day of splen---dor,

         D     Em    D  G 
with the royal feast of feasts,

C     D   C   G  Dsus4 D G 
comes its joy to ren-----der;

      C  D    C G   D 
comes to glad Jerusalem,

G   Am   G    D Asus4 A D 
who with true affec-----tion

Em       D    Em D    G 
welcomes in unwearied strains

C G    C  G C   D G 
Jesus' resurrec---tion.

VERSE 4

G       D         Em    D  G 
Neither could the gates of death,

C   D   C      G    Dsus4 D G 
nor the tomb's dark por-----tal,

        D         Em  D   G 
nor the watchers, nor the seal

C    D   C  G Dsus4 D G 
hold him as a mor-----tal:

    C D   C G       D 
for today among his own

G      Am G     D Asus4 A D 
Christ appears, bestow----ing

Em      D           Em D G 
lasting peace which ev-ermore

C   G  C G   C    D G 
passes human know---ing.

VERSE 5

 G   D      Em  D  G 
"Alleluia!" now we cry

C  D   C    G Dsus4 D G 
to our King immor-----tal,

       D       Em    D   G 
who triumphant burst the bars

C  D   C      G    Dsus4 D G 
of the tomb's dark por-----tal;

   C D C   G        D 
"alleluia! with the Son,

G   Am  G D    Asus4 A D 
God the Father prais---ing;

 Em  D      Em  D G 
"alleluia!" yet again

C  G   C   G  C    D G 
to the Spirit rais---ing.

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Chords

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Instrument Chords
Banjo A Major A Minor Asus4 C Major D Major Dsus4 E Minor G Major
Guitar A Major A Minor Asus4 C Major D Major Dsus4 E Minor G Major
Mandolin A Major A Minor Asus4 C Major D Major Dsus4 E Minor G Major
Piano A Major A Minor Asus4 C Major D Major Dsus4 E Minor G Major
Ukulele A Major A Minor Asus4 C Major D Major Dsus4 E Minor G Major

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